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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

Hillary, Sir Edmund, New Zealand mountaineer (1919-2008). Typed letter signed ("E. P. Hillary").Auckland, New Zealand, 19 Jul 1959.

Vansittart, Henry. A Narrative of the Transactions in Bengal, From the Year 1760, to the Year …London, 1766.

Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1785-1839, ruled 1808-1839). Courier Order (Firman).Constantinople, August 1818 CE = first days of Shawwal 1233 H.

Kuwait Government. [The Kuwait power grid].Kuwait, 1950/1960s.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Montaigne, Michel de. Essais de Messire Michel Seigneur de Montaigne, Chevalier de l'Ordre du …Bordeaux, 1580.

Pierotti, Ermete, Italian engineer, topographer and archaeologist (1820-1880). "Le Mont Moria". Album of original photographs and manuscript plans of …Jerusalem, February/March 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.

Zweig, Stefan. Die frühen Kränze.Leipzig, 1906.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Hillary, Sir Edmund, New Zealand mountaineer (1919-2008). Typed letter signed ("E. P. Hillary").Auckland, New Zealand, 19 Jul 1959.

Vansittart, Henry. A Narrative of the Transactions in Bengal, From the Year 1760, to the Year …London, 1766.

Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1785-1839, ruled 1808-1839). Courier Order (Firman).Constantinople, August 1818 CE = first days of Shawwal 1233 H.

Kuwait Government. [The Kuwait power grid].Kuwait, 1950/1960s.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Montaigne, Michel de. Essais de Messire Michel Seigneur de Montaigne, Chevalier de l'Ordre du …Bordeaux, 1580.

Pierotti, Ermete, Italian engineer, topographer and archaeologist (1820-1880). "Le Mont Moria". Album of original photographs and manuscript plans of …Jerusalem, February/March 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.

Zweig, Stefan. Die frühen Kränze.Leipzig, 1906.