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Stift Melk Abbey Library Austria RPPC Postcard c1920
Real Photo (RPPC) · 1920
Stift Melk Abbey Library Austria RPPC Postcard c1920
Melk, Lower Austria, Austria1920Real Photo (RPPC)Excellent
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.
PC-03046 · Originalaufnahme u. Verlag E. Praßer, Melk a. d. D.
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