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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.

What’s new: recent acquisitions

  • [Philatelie]. - Acavalos, Alexandre, chief accountant of the Ottoman Bank (fl. 1890). Copy ledger of 378 autograph letters signed (press copies).Cairo, 1886-1902.

    $1,632.00

  • Soliman, M. Soliman / Fetouh, Magdi A. El. Carboniferous of Egypt: Isopach and Lithofacies maps.No place, 1970.

    $272.00

  • Payer, Julius Rt. von, Kartograph und Polarforscher (1842-1915). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Wien, Beatrixgasse, 14 Jan 1893.

    $707.00

  • Jawdat, Al-Sayyid. Muhadarat Kubri al-Khidiwi Isma'il (Kubri Qas al-Nil). [Lecture on the …Misr Cairo, 1932.

    $326.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

    $10,336.00

  • [U.S. Air Force / NASA]. Lunar Astronautical Charts.St. Louis, Missouri, 1962-1967.

    $16,319.00

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

    $13,600.00

  • Ptolemaeus, Claudius [translated by Angelus, Jacobus, edited by Germanus, Nicolaus]. [Russia, Black Sea] Octava Europe tabula.Ulm, 16 Jul 1482.

    $54,398.00