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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

Lear, Edward, English artist and poet (1812-1888). Autograph letter signed ("Edward Lear").Stratford Place, Oxford Street, London, 6 Mar 1861.

[Oil exploration] - Christensen, J. A. Appraisal of the Offshore Petroleum Possibilities of Oman and Muscat. A …Rome, December 1965.

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

(Saqr bin Khalid al-Qasimi) / Bell, Charles Courtenay. [Photograph album: The Sheikh of Sharjah and the Trucial Coast].Various places, including Hong Kong, Mumbai, Muscat, Sharjah, and Aden, 1900-1909.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

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

(Rhau, Georg). Hortulus Animae. Lustgarten der Seelen: Mit schönen lieblichen Figuren.Wittenberg, 1550.

[Maurer- und Steinmetzbuch des Bezirks Neusiedl am See]. Register Eines Ehrsammen Handt-Werchs der Steinmetzen und Maurer, im Königlichen …Neusiedl, 1679-1831.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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All shipments fully insured and trackable door-to-door

Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Lear, Edward, English artist and poet (1812-1888). Autograph letter signed ("Edward Lear").Stratford Place, Oxford Street, London, 6 Mar 1861.

[Oil exploration] - Christensen, J. A. Appraisal of the Offshore Petroleum Possibilities of Oman and Muscat. A …Rome, December 1965.

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

(Saqr bin Khalid al-Qasimi) / Bell, Charles Courtenay. [Photograph album: The Sheikh of Sharjah and the Trucial Coast].Various places, including Hong Kong, Mumbai, Muscat, Sharjah, and Aden, 1900-1909.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

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

(Rhau, Georg). Hortulus Animae. Lustgarten der Seelen: Mit schönen lieblichen Figuren.Wittenberg, 1550.

[Maurer- und Steinmetzbuch des Bezirks Neusiedl am See]. Register Eines Ehrsammen Handt-Werchs der Steinmetzen und Maurer, im Königlichen …Neusiedl, 1679-1831.