Love's Empire
London and New York,
Ernst Nister and E. P. Dutton & Co.,
[c1900].
Chromolithograph postcard, manuscript note to verso.
140 by 90mm. (5.5 by 3.5 inches).
16455
notes:
A humorous postcard map depicting the Land of Love.
The Land of Love, to the left, 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', and 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 makin...
The Land of Love, to the left, 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', and 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 makin...
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