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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

[Roman inked wooden tablet]. Roman inked wooden tablet.Roman Empire, 4th century CE.

Lawrence, Thomas Edward, British explorer, intelligence officer, and writer (1888-1935). Autograph letter signed. ("TEShaw").No place, 2 May 1930.

Siebert, Johann, Bohemian physician, mathematician, and Jesuit missionary in Vietnam (1708-1745). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the Jesuit provincial of Japan, …Vietnam, 1746-1749.

[Bahrain]. [Photographs - Bahrain independence and industry].Bahrain, ca. 1971.

What’s gone: some recent sales

[Mattioli, Pietro Andrea]. Original large-format woodblock of Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine).Prague, ca. 1562.

[Kunstbüchlein]. Reich, Franz Joseph, Austrian artist (d. 1789). Kunstbiechlein in welchem mancherley bewerte unnd aprobierte Firneiß Polloment …Graz, ca. 1730-1788.

Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Autograph manuscript for "Bivector Fields II" (1944).N. p. o. d.

[La Pira, Gioacchino, Italian painter (active 1839-1870) - attrib.]. A group of nineteen masterly gouaches of Naples and surroundings from the …Naples, ca. 1855-1866.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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Unconditional guarantee of authenticity

All shipments fully insured and trackable door-to-door

Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

[Roman inked wooden tablet]. Roman inked wooden tablet.Roman Empire, 4th century CE.

Lawrence, Thomas Edward, British explorer, intelligence officer, and writer (1888-1935). Autograph letter signed. ("TEShaw").No place, 2 May 1930.

Siebert, Johann, Bohemian physician, mathematician, and Jesuit missionary in Vietnam (1708-1745). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the Jesuit provincial of Japan, …Vietnam, 1746-1749.

[Bahrain]. [Photographs - Bahrain independence and industry].Bahrain, ca. 1971.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

[Mattioli, Pietro Andrea]. Original large-format woodblock of Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine).Prague, ca. 1562.

[Kunstbüchlein]. Reich, Franz Joseph, Austrian artist (d. 1789). Kunstbiechlein in welchem mancherley bewerte unnd aprobierte Firneiß Polloment …Graz, ca. 1730-1788.

Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Autograph manuscript for "Bivector Fields II" (1944).N. p. o. d.

[La Pira, Gioacchino, Italian painter (active 1839-1870) - attrib.]. A group of nineteen masterly gouaches of Naples and surroundings from the …Naples, ca. 1855-1866.