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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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Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901). Autograph letter.Osborne House Isle of Wight, 7 Aug 1861.

Faris al-Shidyaq, Ahmad (1804-1887, compiler and scribe) / Ibn Durayd al-Azdi, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan / Al-Zamakhshari, Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar. Sharh al-Maqsurah al-Duraydiyah [Commentary on Ibn Durayd's Book of the …Ottoman Egypt, 1833/34 CE = 1249 H.

Laube, Heinrich, Schriftsteller und Theaterdirektor (1806-1884). Eigenh. Brief mit U. und eh. Albumblatt mit U.Leipzig, 21. XI. 1843 und 15. II. 1875.

[Palestine]. [Photograph album].Palestine, ca. 1890s.

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Tusi, Muhamad ibn Muhamad ibn al-Hasan al-. Kitab Uqlidis fi ilm al-handasa [An exposition on mathematics and geometry …Early Safavid Persia, first half of the 16th century.

[United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

[DNA structure]. Crick, Francis; Watson, James Dewey; and others. The milestone papers on the structure of DNA in "Nature", vols. 171 and …London, 1953.

Petrini, Paolo. [Wall Maps of the World and Four Continents].Naples, ca. 1700.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901). Autograph letter.Osborne House Isle of Wight, 7 Aug 1861.

Faris al-Shidyaq, Ahmad (1804-1887, compiler and scribe) / Ibn Durayd al-Azdi, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan / Al-Zamakhshari, Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar. Sharh al-Maqsurah al-Duraydiyah [Commentary on Ibn Durayd's Book of the …Ottoman Egypt, 1833/34 CE = 1249 H.

Laube, Heinrich, Schriftsteller und Theaterdirektor (1806-1884). Eigenh. Brief mit U. und eh. Albumblatt mit U.Leipzig, 21. XI. 1843 und 15. II. 1875.

[Palestine]. [Photograph album].Palestine, ca. 1890s.

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Tusi, Muhamad ibn Muhamad ibn al-Hasan al-. Kitab Uqlidis fi ilm al-handasa [An exposition on mathematics and geometry …Early Safavid Persia, first half of the 16th century.

[United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

[DNA structure]. Crick, Francis; Watson, James Dewey; and others. The milestone papers on the structure of DNA in "Nature", vols. 171 and …London, 1953.

Petrini, Paolo. [Wall Maps of the World and Four Continents].Naples, ca. 1700.