Love's Empire
London and New York,
Ernst Nister and E. P. Dutton & Co.,
[c1900].
Chromolithogrph postcard, manuscript note to verso.
70 by 11mm. (2.75 by.5 inches).
16454
notes:
A humorous postcard map depicting the Land of Love.
The Land of Love, to the left, is in the shape of a heart with 'Constant City' at its centre. To its south lie the rivers of 'Love' and 'Riches' and mountains of 'Money'. The lover should enjoy the 'kissing coast' and the tropics of 'Extasy' and 'Bliss', but try to avoid the 'Heartless Mountains' and 'Runaway Town'. If one is luck you could reach 'Proposal Point' and the 'Straits of Matrimony', all the while ma...
The Land of Love, to the left, is in the shape of a heart with 'Constant City' at its centre. To its south lie the rivers of 'Love' and 'Riches' and mountains of 'Money'. The lover should enjoy the 'kissing coast' and the tropics of 'Extasy' and 'Bliss', but try to avoid the 'Heartless Mountains' and 'Runaway Town'. If one is luck you could reach 'Proposal Point' and the 'Straits of Matrimony', all the while ma...
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