Real photo postcard (RPPC) of the magnificent Baroque library of Stift Melk (Melk Abbey) on the Danube, Lower Austria. Floor-to-ceiling shelves of leather-bound volumes line the elaborately carved wooden bays with gilded Baroque ornamentation. Two large globes (celestial and terrestrial) stand in the foreground; a central reading lectern occupies the middle of the room; two white marble statues flank the arched doorway; and an ornate frescoed ceiling is visible above. Photograph and publisher: E. Praßer, Melk a.d. Donau. Unposted.