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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

Aly, Wolfgang, classical scholar (1881-1962). Autograph quotation signed.Freiburg, ca. 1927.

Allaxinus, Jacobus. Medicae aliquot disceptationes eruditissimae, quibus recentiorum & …Paris, 1535.

Corliss, George Henry, American engineer and inventor (1817-1888). Autograph letter signed."Evergreens", Newburyport, Mass., 11 Aug 1876.

(Douglas, H. P. / Glen, Graham Cunningham, eds.). Persian Gulf Pilot. Comprising the Persian Gulf and its approaches from …London, 1932.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Austrian philosopher (1889-1951). Autograph picture postcard signed.Cambridge, 28. II. 1929.

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 Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional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

Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

Boniface VIII, Pope (ca 1230-1303). Letter of indulgence for the church "Beati Nicolai" at the monastery of …St Peter, Rome, 1298.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Aly, Wolfgang, classical scholar (1881-1962). Autograph quotation signed.Freiburg, ca. 1927.

Allaxinus, Jacobus. Medicae aliquot disceptationes eruditissimae, quibus recentiorum & …Paris, 1535.

Corliss, George Henry, American engineer and inventor (1817-1888). Autograph letter signed."Evergreens", Newburyport, Mass., 11 Aug 1876.

(Douglas, H. P. / Glen, Graham Cunningham, eds.). Persian Gulf Pilot. Comprising the Persian Gulf and its approaches from …London, 1932.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Austrian philosopher (1889-1951). Autograph picture postcard signed.Cambridge, 28. II. 1929.

[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.

Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

Boniface VIII, Pope (ca 1230-1303). Letter of indulgence for the church "Beati Nicolai" at the monastery of …St Peter, Rome, 1298.