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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

[Trucial States - Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi]. Two early documents.Sharjah and Ras Al-Khaimah, 1943 and 1966.

[Ram Pratap Brahman]. Chintamani Granth.Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 19th century.

Suttner, Bertha von, Czech-Austrian pacifist and novelist, Nobel laureate (1843-1914). Autograph signature on an autograph picture postcard written and signed …Bad Reichenhall, 12 Jul 1906.

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth, Ecclesiasticall …London, 1651.

What’s gone: some recent sales

[Siebenbürgen - Hora-Aufstand]. (Wahrhafte Nachricht der ausgeübten Grausamkeiten des Haupt-Rebellen Hora …Neustadt, 1786.

[Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

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 Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional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

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

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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Unconditional guarantee of authenticity

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Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

[Trucial States - Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi]. Two early documents.Sharjah and Ras Al-Khaimah, 1943 and 1966.

[Ram Pratap Brahman]. Chintamani Granth.Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 19th century.

Suttner, Bertha von, Czech-Austrian pacifist and novelist, Nobel laureate (1843-1914). Autograph signature on an autograph picture postcard written and signed …Bad Reichenhall, 12 Jul 1906.

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth, Ecclesiasticall …London, 1651.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

[Siebenbürgen - Hora-Aufstand]. (Wahrhafte Nachricht der ausgeübten Grausamkeiten des Haupt-Rebellen Hora …Neustadt, 1786.

[Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

[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.

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