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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.

Hunting Surveys Ltd. Aerial survey photographs (nos. 1-7). Liwa Villages.London, 1976-1977.

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

[Farasnama]. Farasnama [The Coloured Book of Horses]. Hippiatric manuscript.India, ca. 1800 CE.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Schubert, Franz, composer (1797-1828). Collection of three engraved cores: Op. 1 (Erlkönig), 2 (Gretchen am Spinnrade), …Vienna, 1821-1827.

[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.

Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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All shipments fully insured and trackable door-to-door

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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.

Hunting Surveys Ltd. Aerial survey photographs (nos. 1-7). Liwa Villages.London, 1976-1977.

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

[Farasnama]. Farasnama [The Coloured Book of Horses]. Hippiatric manuscript.India, ca. 1800 CE.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Schubert, Franz, composer (1797-1828). Collection of three engraved cores: Op. 1 (Erlkönig), 2 (Gretchen am Spinnrade), …Vienna, 1821-1827.

[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.

Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.