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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

Gaubil, Antoine, French Jesuit missionary, astronomer, and historian at the Imperial Court in Beijing (1689-1759). "Mémoire sur les îles de Lieou Kieou".Beijing, 1751/1752.

[Ge'ez]. Two Ge'ez healing scrolls.Ethiopia or Eritrea, 20th century.

Crick, Francis, Physiker, Molekularbiologe und Nobelpreisträger (1916-2004). Albumblatt mit eigenh. U.O. O. u. D.

[Alken, Henry]. Going to Epsom Races. A Ludicrious Amusement Consisting of Modern Costume, …London, 1819.

What’s gone: some recent sales

[Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

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 Unpublished manuscript journal of a British voyage to the Gulf, containing …Middle East, mainly Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Africa, and India, 1928-1931, with additional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

Keynes, John Maynard, British economist (1883-1946). Typed letter signed ("JMK").London, 28 Aug 1941.

[Saud ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud]. The picture story of a memorable visit to the United States by His Majesty …No place or publisher, 1957.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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Unconditional guarantee of authenticity

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Gaubil, Antoine, French Jesuit missionary, astronomer, and historian at the Imperial Court in Beijing (1689-1759). "Mémoire sur les îles de Lieou Kieou".Beijing, 1751/1752.

[Ge'ez]. Two Ge'ez healing scrolls.Ethiopia or Eritrea, 20th century.

Crick, Francis, Physiker, Molekularbiologe und Nobelpreisträger (1916-2004). Albumblatt mit eigenh. U.O. O. u. D.

[Alken, Henry]. Going to Epsom Races. A Ludicrious Amusement Consisting of Modern Costume, …London, 1819.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

[Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

[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.

Keynes, John Maynard, British economist (1883-1946). Typed letter signed ("JMK").London, 28 Aug 1941.

[Saud ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud]. The picture story of a memorable visit to the United States by His Majesty …No place or publisher, 1957.