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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

K'ieou, Pierre, Chinese Jesuit (1686 - after 1744). Autograph document signed in Chinese.Zhujiajiao Qingpu District, Shanghai, 29 May 1744.

Cooley, William Desborough. The Negroland of the Arabs Examined and Explained.London, 1841.

Strauss, Richard, Komponist (1864-1949). Portraitpostkarte mit eigenh. U.O. O. u. D.

Cooper, Joseph. The Lost Continent; or, Slavery and the Slave-Trade in Africa.London, 1875.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita.Paris, August 1955.

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.

Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung.Wien, Leipzig, Paris, 1900?.

Free shipping worldwide extended to all registered customers

Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

Gift Ideas

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

K'ieou, Pierre, Chinese Jesuit (1686 - after 1744). Autograph document signed in Chinese.Zhujiajiao Qingpu District, Shanghai, 29 May 1744.

Cooley, William Desborough. The Negroland of the Arabs Examined and Explained.London, 1841.

Strauss, Richard, Komponist (1864-1949). Portraitpostkarte mit eigenh. U.O. O. u. D.

Cooper, Joseph. The Lost Continent; or, Slavery and the Slave-Trade in Africa.London, 1875.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita.Paris, August 1955.

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.

Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung.Wien, Leipzig, Paris, 1900?.