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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

Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste, sculptor (1834-1904). Print with autograph signature.Paris, no date.

[London Conference]. Photograph from the London Conference.London, 17 Feb 1939.

Britten, Benjamin, English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976). Autograph signature, co-signed by Sir Peter Pears (1910-1986).N. p. o. d.

[Bidpai]. Livre des lumières ou la conduite des roys, composé par le sage Pilpay …Paris, 1644.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Tusi, Muhamad ibn Muhamad ibn al-Hasan al-. Kitab Uqlidis fi ilm al-handasa [An exposition on mathematics and geometry …Early Safavid Persia, first half of the 16th century.

Chimani, Leopold. Bunte Scenerien aus dem Menschenleben. Ein Bilderbuch ganz neuer Art.Wien, 1836.

Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph inscription signed in: Mao Zedong, "Hsin min-chu-chu-i lun" ("On …No place, 1942.

[Saudi Arabia - Aramco]. Warner, Daniel Warren Brickell, American architect (1914-2005). Housing studies for Aramco.Rome, 1952-1954.

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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

An international team of experts to answer your questions

What’s new: recent acquisitions

Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste, sculptor (1834-1904). Print with autograph signature.Paris, no date.

[London Conference]. Photograph from the London Conference.London, 17 Feb 1939.

Britten, Benjamin, English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976). Autograph signature, co-signed by Sir Peter Pears (1910-1986).N. p. o. d.

[Bidpai]. Livre des lumières ou la conduite des roys, composé par le sage Pilpay …Paris, 1644.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Tusi, Muhamad ibn Muhamad ibn al-Hasan al-. Kitab Uqlidis fi ilm al-handasa [An exposition on mathematics and geometry …Early Safavid Persia, first half of the 16th century.

Chimani, Leopold. Bunte Scenerien aus dem Menschenleben. Ein Bilderbuch ganz neuer Art.Wien, 1836.

Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph inscription signed in: Mao Zedong, "Hsin min-chu-chu-i lun" ("On …No place, 1942.

[Saudi Arabia - Aramco]. Warner, Daniel Warren Brickell, American architect (1914-2005). Housing studies for Aramco.Rome, 1952-1954.