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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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Powell, Earl "Bud", American jazz pianist and composer (1924-1966). Signed contract.New York, 26 Jul 1949.

Dua, Yankev-Kopl (M. Karolin, pseud.). Josif Dzhugashwili (Stalin).Warsaw, 1931.

[Sumerian Foundation Cone]. Cuneiform foundation cone dating to the reign of Ishme-Dagan.Southern Mesopotamia, 1953-1935 BCE.

[Muslim astrology]. [Persian astrological manuscript].No place, ca. 19th century CE.

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[La Pira, Gioacchino, Italian painter (active 1839-1870) - attrib.]. A group of nineteen masterly gouaches of Naples and surroundings from the …Naples, ca. 1855-1866.

[Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

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.

[Cabala]. Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government: in Letters …London, 1663.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Powell, Earl "Bud", American jazz pianist and composer (1924-1966). Signed contract.New York, 26 Jul 1949.

Dua, Yankev-Kopl (M. Karolin, pseud.). Josif Dzhugashwili (Stalin).Warsaw, 1931.

[Sumerian Foundation Cone]. Cuneiform foundation cone dating to the reign of Ishme-Dagan.Southern Mesopotamia, 1953-1935 BCE.

[Muslim astrology]. [Persian astrological manuscript].No place, ca. 19th century CE.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

[La Pira, Gioacchino, Italian painter (active 1839-1870) - attrib.]. A group of nineteen masterly gouaches of Naples and surroundings from the …Naples, ca. 1855-1866.

[Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

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.

[Cabala]. Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government: in Letters …London, 1663.