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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.

What’s new: recent acquisitions

  • Hayek, Friedrich August, Austrian-British economist (1899-1992). "Notes for lectures". Autograph manuscript signed ("F. A. Hayek").No place or date.

    € 12,000.00

  • Owen, Charles Henry. Sketches in the Crimea, Taken During the Late War.London, 1856.

    € 9,500.00

  • [Falconry - Sancho I of Mallorca]. Invoice document (albarán) for falconry expenses.No place, 1320.

    € 85,000.00

  • [Biblia syriaca - NT]. The Gospels in Syriac.Lebanon, ca. 1790s CE.

    € 35,000.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Bombay Geographical Society. The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1868 …Bombay, 1874.

    € 140,000.00

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

    € 450,000.00

  • [Qur'an Juz' - China]. An illuminated Qur'an, Juz' XX, written in Beijing by a Muslim woman.Khanbaliq Cambaluc, Beijing, 10 Nov. 1623 CE = 17 Muharram 1033 H.

    € 125,000.00

  • Lafosse, Georges. Les Musulmans dans le monde.Paris, ca. 1952.

    € 3,500.00