Denmark Dancing Congress of Vienna Exhibition Catalog Europe History Art Objects - $200 - (St. Louis, MO)
Denmark og Den Dansende Wienerkongres Spillet om Danmark Denmark and the Dancing Congress of Vienna. Playing for Denmark's Future. Christiansbourg Palace, The Royal Silver Room, Copenhagen, 2002. Exhibition Catalog. Hardcover. 8.5 x 12 inches. 527 pages. ISBN 8798377744. Color Maps of Europe in 1812 and 1815 on the front and back free end papers. Printed on glossy paper. Illustrated throughout, mostly in color. English and Danish parallel texts. Signed. Signature not fully legible, appears to be Ambassador of Austria. Like new condition. See photos, including table of contents. The book includes history of Europe at the time leading up to the Congress of Vienna in the early nineteenth century. The book focuses on King Frederik VI of Denmark and his participation in the Congress. It includes a description and illustrations of music, culinary art, parties, fashion, and garments of the period. The book includes a day by day description of the events of the Congress of Vienna, and provides an illustrated catalog of 459 Congress of Vienna Exhibition items included in the 2002 event, including paintings, documents, Beethoven music memorabilia, and furniture and art objects. This book is very scarce. According to world cat, it is available in only two libraries in the United States. An internet book search indicated it was not available from any of 662 on line sources checked.
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