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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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Freud, Sigmund, Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis (1856-1939). Autograph letter signed ("Freud").Vienna, 28 Jul 1927.

Vossius, Isaac. De Nili et aliorum fluminum origine.Den Haag, 1666.

Albert, Eugen d', Komponist und Pianist (1864-1932). Eigenh. Portraitpostkarte mit Notenzitat und U.O. O., 17 Jul 1909.

Soliman, Mahmoud Soliman. First Congress of Iron and Steel [...]. Geology of the Manganese Deposits …Cairo, 1961.

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[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.

Mandeville, John. Reysen und Wanderschafften durch das Gelobte Land.Strasbourg, 1488.

Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), revolutionary, Marxist thinker, founder of the Soviet Union (1870-1924). Autograph inscription signed, together with Leon Trotsky.No place or date, November 1917.

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 Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional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

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Freud, Sigmund, Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis (1856-1939). Autograph letter signed ("Freud").Vienna, 28 Jul 1927.

Vossius, Isaac. De Nili et aliorum fluminum origine.Den Haag, 1666.

Albert, Eugen d', Komponist und Pianist (1864-1932). Eigenh. Portraitpostkarte mit Notenzitat und U.O. O., 17 Jul 1909.

Soliman, Mahmoud Soliman. First Congress of Iron and Steel [...]. Geology of the Manganese Deposits …Cairo, 1961.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

[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.

Mandeville, John. Reysen und Wanderschafften durch das Gelobte Land.Strasbourg, 1488.

Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), revolutionary, Marxist thinker, founder of the Soviet Union (1870-1924). Autograph inscription signed, together with Leon Trotsky.No place or date, November 1917.

[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.