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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

Jungwirth, Maria, painter (1894-1968). 25 fashion designs (some signed and with autogr. captions).No place, c. 1913/1915.

[Survey of Palestine]. Palestine Survey Maps.Jerusalem?, 1949 and 1951.

Hilton, William, English painter (1786-1839). A collection of letters and notes: 6 autograph letters signed, 5 autograph …Various places, 1816-1830.

[Alhambra - Photography]. Mauzaisse, Charles (photographer). [Collection of 13 photographs of the Alhambra in Granada].Granada, ca. 1865.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

Waldemar, Prince of Prussia. Zur Erinnerung an die Reise des Prinzen Waldemar von Preussen nach Indien …Berlin, 1853.

[Logbook of HMS Effingham in the Gulf]. Larken, Francis Wyatt Rawson, Royal Navy officer (1911-1985). Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional material to 1951.

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

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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

Jungwirth, Maria, painter (1894-1968). 25 fashion designs (some signed and with autogr. captions).No place, c. 1913/1915.

[Survey of Palestine]. Palestine Survey Maps.Jerusalem?, 1949 and 1951.

Hilton, William, English painter (1786-1839). A collection of letters and notes: 6 autograph letters signed, 5 autograph …Various places, 1816-1830.

[Alhambra - Photography]. Mauzaisse, Charles (photographer). [Collection of 13 photographs of the Alhambra in Granada].Granada, ca. 1865.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

Waldemar, Prince of Prussia. Zur Erinnerung an die Reise des Prinzen Waldemar von Preussen nach Indien …Berlin, 1853.

[Logbook of HMS Effingham in the Gulf]. Larken, Francis Wyatt Rawson, Royal Navy officer (1911-1985). Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional material to 1951.

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