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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

Barrett Browning, Elizabeth, English poet (1806-1861). Autograph letter signed ("EBB").No place, 13 Dec 1843.

[Indian National Congress]. Volume of ten pamphlets, including Hume's speech, The People's Cause, The …Calcutta, Lahore, Madras, Serampore, and London, 1888-1916.

Payer, Julius Rt. von, Kartograph und Polarforscher (1842-1915). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Wien, Beatrixgasse, 14 Jan 1893.

[Qur'an]. Manuscript Qur'an.Kashmir, 19th century CE.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

Ferdinand I., röm.-dt. Kaiser (1503-1564), hier noch als Erzherzog. Gewaltbrief mit eigenh. U.Wien, 4 Nov 1526.

Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). "Prière d'Elisabeth". Eigenh. musikalisches Albumblatt mit U.Paris, 7 Jun 1861.

[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.

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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

Barrett Browning, Elizabeth, English poet (1806-1861). Autograph letter signed ("EBB").No place, 13 Dec 1843.

[Indian National Congress]. Volume of ten pamphlets, including Hume's speech, The People's Cause, The …Calcutta, Lahore, Madras, Serampore, and London, 1888-1916.

Payer, Julius Rt. von, Kartograph und Polarforscher (1842-1915). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Wien, Beatrixgasse, 14 Jan 1893.

[Qur'an]. Manuscript Qur'an.Kashmir, 19th century CE.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

Ferdinand I., röm.-dt. Kaiser (1503-1564), hier noch als Erzherzog. Gewaltbrief mit eigenh. U.Wien, 4 Nov 1526.

Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). "Prière d'Elisabeth". Eigenh. musikalisches Albumblatt mit U.Paris, 7 Jun 1861.

[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.