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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

Pedrini, Teodorico, Italian missionary, musician, and composer at the Imperial Court in Beijing (1671-1746). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the bishop of Beijing, Polycarpo …Beijing, 1642-1646.

Lees, G[eorge] M[artin]. Some Structural and Stratigraphical Aspects of the Oilfields of the Middle …London, 1948.

Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry, Polar explorer (1874-1922). Album leaf signed.No place, 22 Jul 1921.

[London Conference]. Photograph from the London Conference.London, 17 Feb 1939.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, French painter and illustrator (1864-1901). Autograph letter monogrammed "HTL".Paris, ca. 1884/1885.

Roberts, David. Egypt & Nubia, from Drawings Made on the Spot With Historical Descriptions …London, 1846-1849.

[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.

Sulayman al-Tajir / Abu Zaid Hasan ibn Yazid, al-Sirafi / Renaudot, Eusèbe (ed.). [Silsilat al-tawarik - Italian]. Antiche relazioni dell' Indie, e della …Bologna, 1749.

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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

Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Pedrini, Teodorico, Italian missionary, musician, and composer at the Imperial Court in Beijing (1671-1746). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the bishop of Beijing, Polycarpo …Beijing, 1642-1646.

Lees, G[eorge] M[artin]. Some Structural and Stratigraphical Aspects of the Oilfields of the Middle …London, 1948.

Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry, Polar explorer (1874-1922). Album leaf signed.No place, 22 Jul 1921.

[London Conference]. Photograph from the London Conference.London, 17 Feb 1939.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, French painter and illustrator (1864-1901). Autograph letter monogrammed "HTL".Paris, ca. 1884/1885.

Roberts, David. Egypt & Nubia, from Drawings Made on the Spot With Historical Descriptions …London, 1846-1849.

[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.

Sulayman al-Tajir / Abu Zaid Hasan ibn Yazid, al-Sirafi / Renaudot, Eusèbe (ed.). [Silsilat al-tawarik - Italian]. Antiche relazioni dell' Indie, e della …Bologna, 1749.