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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.

What’s new: recent acquisitions

  • [Lawrence, T. E., British explorer, intelligence officer, and writer (1888-1935)]. [Four stamps designed by T. E. Lawrence for the Arab Revolt, with a signed …No place, 1916 CE = 1334 H.

    $16,301.00

  • [Lazzat Un Nisa]. Laddhat un-nisa [The Pleasure of Women].Northern India, ca. 1820s / early 19th century.

    $19,561.00

  • [Subscription receipt for the Lexicon heptaglotton]. Printed blank form completed in ink and signed by Edmund Castell (Semitic …London, 2 May 1664.

    $2,717.00

  • [Protectorate of Aden]. [Sketchbook of watercolour views of Aden].Aden and Karachi, 1875.

    $30,429.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Schiele, Egon, Maler (1890-1918). Eigenh. Bildpostkarte mit U.Kovácspatak bei Budapest, 29 Jul 1918.

    $13,041.00

  • Blaeu, Joan / Martini, Martinus. Novus Atlas Sinensis. Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas […] Sixiesme …Amsterdam, 1655.

    $52,164.00

  • [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.

    $135,844.00

  • Kauffmann, Angelika, painter (1741-1807). Autograph letter signed.Rome, 18 Nov 1792.

    $10,324.00