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Vienna / by David Pryce-Jones and the editors of Time-Life Books ; photographs by Thomas Höpker.

Title
Vienna / by David Pryce-Jones and the editors of Time-Life Books ; photographs by Thomas Höpker.
Author
Pryce-Jones, David, 1936-
Publication
Amsterdam : Time-Life Books, c1978.

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Additional Authors
  • Höpker, Thomas
  • Time-Life Books
Description
200 p. : col. ill.; 31 cm.
Summary
Discusses the history of Vienna and describes the city and its people today.
Series Statement
Great cities
Uniform Title
Great cities (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Subject
Vienna (Austria)
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 198.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
A city ruled by the past: -- The extravagant imperial style -- The storybook empire: -- The precise art of the Lippizaners -- The well-tempered life: -- Congenial world of the coffee-house -- Life force and death wish -- Variations on a musical theme: -- A unique and pure-toned instrument -- The gay apocalypse: -- A population of stone.
LCCN
^^^78322450^
OCLC
4042467
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library