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Established in 1883 and considered the trade’s leading business in Austria ever since, we have been dealing in rare books, manuscripts and autographs for more than a century, serving private collectors and institutional customers all over the world.

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Kokoschka, Oskar, Maler, Graphiker und Schriftsteller (1886-1980). 3 eigenh. Briefe mit U. ("OK").Cornwall und o. O., 1939/1940.

[Ottoman Atlas]. Manuscript map album of the Ottoman Empire.Ottoman Empire, ca. 1910.

[Chinese rites controversy, Vicariate of Western Tonkin.] - Kinh, Paul, Vietnamese missionary (fl. 1744). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by Jean-Louis Roux M.E.P.Tonkin, 26 Jul 1744.

Bruce, James. Carte de la mer Rouge, relevée sur celle de James Bruce.Egypt, probably Cairo, 1827.

What’s gone: some recent sales

[Biblia germanica - NT]. Luther, Martin. Das Newe Testament Mar. Luthers.Wittenberg, 1530.

Poe, Edgar Allan, American writer (1809-1849). Autograph letter signed ("Edgar A. Poe").New York, 31 Aug 1847.

Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

Gilbert, Sir John, English painter (1817-1897) - attributed. Portrait of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), unsigned but initialled …London, likely 1837 or soon after.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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Unconditional guarantee of authenticity

All shipments fully insured and trackable door-to-door

Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Kokoschka, Oskar, Maler, Graphiker und Schriftsteller (1886-1980). 3 eigenh. Briefe mit U. ("OK").Cornwall und o. O., 1939/1940.

[Ottoman Atlas]. Manuscript map album of the Ottoman Empire.Ottoman Empire, ca. 1910.

[Chinese rites controversy, Vicariate of Western Tonkin.] - Kinh, Paul, Vietnamese missionary (fl. 1744). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by Jean-Louis Roux M.E.P.Tonkin, 26 Jul 1744.

Bruce, James. Carte de la mer Rouge, relevée sur celle de James Bruce.Egypt, probably Cairo, 1827.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

[Biblia germanica - NT]. Luther, Martin. Das Newe Testament Mar. Luthers.Wittenberg, 1530.

Poe, Edgar Allan, American writer (1809-1849). Autograph letter signed ("Edgar A. Poe").New York, 31 Aug 1847.

Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

Gilbert, Sir John, English painter (1817-1897) - attributed. Portrait of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), unsigned but initialled …London, likely 1837 or soon after.