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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

Kollwitz, Käthe, Grafikerin, Malerin und Bildhauerin (1867-1945). 2 eigenh. Briefe mit U. und 2 eh. (Bild-)Postkarten mit U.Berlin, 1927, 1933, 1938 und o. D.

[Albumen photograph collage]. Photograph album.Possibly Sweden, ca. 1870s.

Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian historian of the New World (1457-1526). Autograph receipt of funds, signed in full.Milan, 6 Nov 1515.

[Ottoman Atlas]. Manuscript map album of the Ottoman Empire.Ottoman Empire, ca. 1910.

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

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 Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional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

La Fontaine, Jean de, French writer (1621-1695). Autograph document signed "De la fontaine".No place, 5 Jan 1660.

Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), revolutionary, Marxist thinker, founder of the Soviet Union (1870-1924). Autograph inscription signed, together with Leon Trotsky.No place or date, November 1917.

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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

Kollwitz, Käthe, Grafikerin, Malerin und Bildhauerin (1867-1945). 2 eigenh. Briefe mit U. und 2 eh. (Bild-)Postkarten mit U.Berlin, 1927, 1933, 1938 und o. D.

[Albumen photograph collage]. Photograph album.Possibly Sweden, ca. 1870s.

Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian historian of the New World (1457-1526). Autograph receipt of funds, signed in full.Milan, 6 Nov 1515.

[Ottoman Atlas]. Manuscript map album of the Ottoman Empire.Ottoman Empire, ca. 1910.

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

[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.

La Fontaine, Jean de, French writer (1621-1695). Autograph document signed "De la fontaine".No place, 5 Jan 1660.

Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), revolutionary, Marxist thinker, founder of the Soviet Union (1870-1924). Autograph inscription signed, together with Leon Trotsky.No place or date, November 1917.