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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

[Ratzinger, Joseph (Benedikt XVI.), Theologe und Papst (1927-2022)]. Persönliche Briefpapiere, enthaltend 3 Visitenkarten und 3 Empfehlungskarten.Vatikan, nach 1982.

Vansittart, Henry. A Narrative of the Transactions in Bengal, From the Year 1760, to the Year …London, 1766.

Matisse, Henri, French artist (1869-1954). Portrait postcard inscribed and signed.No place, 12 Mar 1942.

Lafuente y Alcantara, Emilio. Inscripciones arabes de Granada, precedidas de una reseña histórica y …Madrid, 1859.

What’s gone: some recent sales

[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 Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional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.

Zweig, Stefan. Die frühen Kränze.Leipzig, 1906.

Allaeus, Franciscus. Astrologiae Nova Methodus. Francisci Allaei, Arabis Christiani.Rennes, 1654-1655.

[Qur'an Juz' - China]. An illuminated Qur'an, Juz' XX, written in Beijing by a Muslim woman.Khanbaliq Cambaluc, Beijing, 10 Nov. 1623 CE = 17 Muharram 1033 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

[Ratzinger, Joseph (Benedikt XVI.), Theologe und Papst (1927-2022)]. Persönliche Briefpapiere, enthaltend 3 Visitenkarten und 3 Empfehlungskarten.Vatikan, nach 1982.

Vansittart, Henry. A Narrative of the Transactions in Bengal, From the Year 1760, to the Year …London, 1766.

Matisse, Henri, French artist (1869-1954). Portrait postcard inscribed and signed.No place, 12 Mar 1942.

Lafuente y Alcantara, Emilio. Inscripciones arabes de Granada, precedidas de una reseña histórica y …Madrid, 1859.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

[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.

Zweig, Stefan. Die frühen Kränze.Leipzig, 1906.

Allaeus, Franciscus. Astrologiae Nova Methodus. Francisci Allaei, Arabis Christiani.Rennes, 1654-1655.

[Qur'an Juz' - China]. An illuminated Qur'an, Juz' XX, written in Beijing by a Muslim woman.Khanbaliq Cambaluc, Beijing, 10 Nov. 1623 CE = 17 Muharram 1033 H.