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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

[Mesopotamian clay tablet]. Mesopotamian cuneiform clay tablet.Mesopotamia, early 2nd millennium BCE.

[Egypt]. Travel permit.Egypt, 1 May 1957.

Virchow, Rudolf, German physician, known as "the father of modern pathology" (1821-1902). Autograph letter signed. ("Prof. Virchow").Berlin, 25 Mar 1867.

Faris al-Shidyaq, Ahmad (1804-1887, compiler and scribe) / Ibn Durayd al-Azdi, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan / Al-Zamakhshari, Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar. Sharh al-Maqsurah al-Duraydiyah [Commentary on Ibn Durayd's Book of the …Ottoman Egypt, 1833/34 CE = 1249 H.

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[Kunstbüchlein]. Reich, Franz Joseph, Austrian artist (d. 1789). Kunstbiechlein in welchem mancherley bewerte unnd aprobierte Firneiß Polloment …Graz, ca. 1730-1788.

Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung als vollständiges Notenmanuskript …Wien, 1861.

Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

Sulayman al-Tajir / Abu Zaid Hasan ibn Yazid, al-Sirafi / Renaudot, Eusèbe (ed.). [Silsilat al-tawarik - Italian]. Antiche relazioni dell' Indie, e della …Bologna, 1749.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

[Mesopotamian clay tablet]. Mesopotamian cuneiform clay tablet.Mesopotamia, early 2nd millennium BCE.

[Egypt]. Travel permit.Egypt, 1 May 1957.

Virchow, Rudolf, German physician, known as "the father of modern pathology" (1821-1902). Autograph letter signed. ("Prof. Virchow").Berlin, 25 Mar 1867.

Faris al-Shidyaq, Ahmad (1804-1887, compiler and scribe) / Ibn Durayd al-Azdi, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan / Al-Zamakhshari, Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar. Sharh al-Maqsurah al-Duraydiyah [Commentary on Ibn Durayd's Book of the …Ottoman Egypt, 1833/34 CE = 1249 H.

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[Kunstbüchlein]. Reich, Franz Joseph, Austrian artist (d. 1789). Kunstbiechlein in welchem mancherley bewerte unnd aprobierte Firneiß Polloment …Graz, ca. 1730-1788.

Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung als vollständiges Notenmanuskript …Wien, 1861.

Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

Sulayman al-Tajir / Abu Zaid Hasan ibn Yazid, al-Sirafi / Renaudot, Eusèbe (ed.). [Silsilat al-tawarik - Italian]. Antiche relazioni dell' Indie, e della …Bologna, 1749.