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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

Martin Heidegger, Philosoph (1889-1976). Eigenh. Briefkarte mit zweifacher U.Freiburg i. Br., 25 Feb 1973.

[Qur'an - Ming Dynasty]. Illuminated Chinese Qur'an.China, 1494/95 CE = 900 H.

Heyse, Paul, Schriftsteller (1830-1914). Portraitpostkarte mit eigenh. U.München, 1. III. 1910.

[Ethiopian Divinatory Text]. Awda Nagast [The Circle of the King].Ethiopia, late 18th or early 19th century CE.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China (1866-1925). Autograph letter signed ("Y-S Sun").Canton Guangzhou, 29 Nov 1921.

[United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

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 Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional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

[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.

Free shipping worldwide extended to all registered customers

Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

Gift Ideas

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

Martin Heidegger, Philosoph (1889-1976). Eigenh. Briefkarte mit zweifacher U.Freiburg i. Br., 25 Feb 1973.

[Qur'an - Ming Dynasty]. Illuminated Chinese Qur'an.China, 1494/95 CE = 900 H.

Heyse, Paul, Schriftsteller (1830-1914). Portraitpostkarte mit eigenh. U.München, 1. III. 1910.

[Ethiopian Divinatory Text]. Awda Nagast [The Circle of the King].Ethiopia, late 18th or early 19th century CE.

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Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China (1866-1925). Autograph letter signed ("Y-S Sun").Canton Guangzhou, 29 Nov 1921.

[United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

[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.

[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.