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Elizabeth, empress of Austria, a memoir / by A. De Burgh. With eighty illustrations.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1899 De
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Burgh, Alborough, i.e. Edward Morgan Alborough.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elisabeth, Empress, consort of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1837-1898.
- Elisabeth.
- Genre:
- Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1899.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1899.
- Physical Description:
- 383 pages including frontispiece, illustrations, portrait ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hutchinson & co. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott company, 1899.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria
- The Empress Elizabeth
- The Queen of Hungary
- The Empress as a woman, philanthropist, friend, and mistress
- The Empress as a student and reader
- The Empress as an architect
- The Empress as a sportswoman
- The Empress as a traveller
- The Empress Elizabeth and Kin Ludwig II. of Bavaria
- Mater Dolorosa
- The recluse
- Reminisces and anecdotes
- The assassination
- At rest: obsequies in Vienna and universal mourning
- Conclusion.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in red cloth with image in gold of the coats of arms of Elizabeth and Austria-Hunary linked by a crowned ribbon. Text in gold.
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page: "Received Apr 11 1899."
- OCLC:
- 3153839
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