1898
14.20x
9.30cm
An exceptional early lithographic card from the famous German exotic people's promoter and founder of Berlin's zoo. The title says it depicts an Indian coffee house. The message to a woman on the back in Berlin is a rhyming verse in German: "Fruh, fromm, froehlich, frei! Hoch lebe die Postkarten Sammlerei" [Early, pious, happy and free, long live postcard collecting]."
Carl's brother John was also a fine publisher of postcards, and worked in Colombo at this time.