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Rudolf II and His Prague: Mysteries and Curiosities of Rudolfine Prague 1550-1650
1997Best.-Nr. 7135Robert B. Vurm 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover 136pp 16 pages of glossy colour plates text copiously illustrated with b&w images NOT ex-library. Interior is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text free of inscriptions and stamps firmly bound. Boards show shelfwear and faint handling wear. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Introduction; 1. Brief Description of the Period 1550-1650 Habsburgs on the Czech Throne; Emperor Rudolf and Prague; Rudolf's Collection and Its Occult Character; Rudolf's Curse; Rosicrucian Dream and Prague; Thirty Years' War; Heroes Martyrs and Opportunists; 2. Old Town Old Town Square; Old Town Hall; Church of Our Lady Before Tyn; Place of Execution of 27 Czech and Moravian Nobles; Krocin's Fountain; House of the Minute; House on the Golden Corner; House of the Three Holy Kings: Teyfel's House; House of the Two Golden Bears; House of the Golden Jug; Memorial Plaque in Melantrichova Street; Sixt's House; Church of St. James; House of the Three Plumes; Church of Our Lady of the Snows; Clementinum Klementinum; Italian Chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary; Church of the Holy Saviour St. Salvator; Karlova Charles' Street; Golden Well; White Pony; Marian Square; Green Frog; Platais House; Bethlehem Chapel; Halanek House; Hibernian House; Imperial Glassworks; 3. Jewish Ghetto Josefov Old-New Synagogue; High Synagogue; Klausen Synagogue; Jewish Cemetery; 4. New Town National Museum; Faust's House; Customs House in Vyton; 5. Lesser Quarter Mala Strana Charles Bridge; Old Town Bridge Tower; Brunswick's Statue; House of the Three Ostriches; Wallenstein Palace; Gardens of Wallenstein Palace; Church of Saint Mary the Victorious; Michna's Palace; Church of Mary Magdalene; Petrin Pavilion; White Pony House; Lesser Quarter Town Hall; Liechtenstein Palace; Church of St. Thomas; Italian Hospital; Palace of the Hradec Nobility; House of the Golden Ship; Straka Academy; 6. Prague Castle Construction of the New Palace; St. Vitus Cathedral; Royal Crypt / Colin's Mausoleum; St. Wenceslas Chapel; Crown Jewels Chamber; Chapels; Great South Tower; Old Royal Palace; Vladislav Hall; Bohemian Chancellery; Imperial Court Council; Church/Chapel of All Saints; Exit Door From the Old Royal Palace; St. George and the Dragon; Golden Lane; White Tower; Spanish Hall; Rudolf Gallery; Wide Corridor; New Stables; Picture Gallery; Imperial Stables; Matthias' Arch; Garden of Paradise; Obelisks of the Defenestrated; Royal Gardens; Orangery; Royal Summer Palace; Singing Fountain; Ball-game Hall; Lions' Court; Deer Moat; Powder Tower; Pond; Lobkowicz Palace; Schwarzenberg Palace; Sternberg Palace; Hradshin Town Hall; Loreta; Strahov Monastery; Tycho Brahe's House; 7. White Mountain Bila Hora Letna Liben White Mountain; Star Villa; Royal Park; Royal Summer Palace; Rudolf's Tunnel; Imperial Mill; Liben Chateau; 8. Vysehrad; 9. Prague Environs; 10. Family of Rudolf II; 11. Important Personalities of the Rudolfine Era; Chronology; Bibliography Robert B. Vurm hardcover
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