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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

[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.

Chacón, Alfonso. De signis sanctissimae crucis [...] tractatus.Rome, 1591.

Strauss, Richard, Komponist (1864-1949). Portraitpostkarte mit eigenh. U.O. O. u. D.

Musa, Qadi Iyad bin. Kitab al-Shifa bi-tarif huquq al-Mustafa [The book of healing by defining …Ottoman Turkey, 8 Nov. 1744 CE = 2 Shawwal 1157 H.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Chimani, Leopold. Bunte Scenerien aus dem Menschenleben. Ein Bilderbuch ganz neuer Art.Wien, 1836.

Poe, Edgar Allan, American writer (1809-1849). Autograph letter signed ("Edgar A. Poe").New York, 31 Aug 1847.

[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.

Gilbert, Sir John, English painter (1817-1897) - attributed. Portrait of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), unsigned but initialled …London, likely 1837 or soon after.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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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.

Chacón, Alfonso. De signis sanctissimae crucis [...] tractatus.Rome, 1591.

Strauss, Richard, Komponist (1864-1949). Portraitpostkarte mit eigenh. U.O. O. u. D.

Musa, Qadi Iyad bin. Kitab al-Shifa bi-tarif huquq al-Mustafa [The book of healing by defining …Ottoman Turkey, 8 Nov. 1744 CE = 2 Shawwal 1157 H.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Chimani, Leopold. Bunte Scenerien aus dem Menschenleben. Ein Bilderbuch ganz neuer Art.Wien, 1836.

Poe, Edgar Allan, American writer (1809-1849). Autograph letter signed ("Edgar A. Poe").New York, 31 Aug 1847.

[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.

Gilbert, Sir John, English painter (1817-1897) - attributed. Portrait of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), unsigned but initialled …London, likely 1837 or soon after.