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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

[Lawrence, T. E., British explorer, intelligence officer, and writer (1888-1935)]. [Four stamps designed by T. E. Lawrence for the Arab Revolt, with a signed …No place, 1916 CE = 1334 H.

[Farasnama]. Farasnama [The Coloured Book of Horses]. Hippiatric manuscript.India, ca. 1800 CE.

Siebert, Johann, Bohemian physician, mathematician, and Jesuit missionary in Vietnam (1708-1745). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the Jesuit provincial of Japan, …Vietnam, 1746-1749.

Lane-Poole, Stanley. Catalogue of the Collection of Arabic Coins Preserved in the Khedivial …London, 1897.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Petrini, Paolo. [Wall Maps of the World and Four Continents].Naples, ca. 1700.

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.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Autographa.Weimar, Dezember 1811.

[Astronomy]. Astronomical manuscript in Arabic.No place, late 18th century ca. 1785 CE / 1200 H.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

[Lawrence, T. E., British explorer, intelligence officer, and writer (1888-1935)]. [Four stamps designed by T. E. Lawrence for the Arab Revolt, with a signed …No place, 1916 CE = 1334 H.

[Farasnama]. Farasnama [The Coloured Book of Horses]. Hippiatric manuscript.India, ca. 1800 CE.

Siebert, Johann, Bohemian physician, mathematician, and Jesuit missionary in Vietnam (1708-1745). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the Jesuit provincial of Japan, …Vietnam, 1746-1749.

Lane-Poole, Stanley. Catalogue of the Collection of Arabic Coins Preserved in the Khedivial …London, 1897.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Petrini, Paolo. [Wall Maps of the World and Four Continents].Naples, ca. 1700.

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.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Autographa.Weimar, Dezember 1811.

[Astronomy]. Astronomical manuscript in Arabic.No place, late 18th century ca. 1785 CE / 1200 H.