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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

Escher vom Luchs, Hans Conrad, erster Stadtpräsident von Zürich (1743-1814) Passierschein mit eigenh. U. Gegengezeichnet von dem französischen Diplomaten …Zürich, 12 Jul 1795.

[Fifth Arab Petroleum Congress]. Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation. Al-Batrul [Petroleum Magazine].Cairo, March 1965.

Scotta, Frida (geb. Schytte, verh. von Kaulbach), Violinistin (1871-1948). Kabinettphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung und U.O. O., um 1892.

Ibn Al-Baytar (Diya' al-Din Abu Muhammad ‘Abdullah ibn Ahmed al-Malaqi). Kitab-i ibn-i baytar al-mufradat [Compendium on Simple Medicines and Foods].Ottoman Empire, early 17th century CE.

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Ptolemaeus, Claudius [translated by Angelus, Jacobus, edited by Germanus, Nicolaus]. [Russia, Black Sea] Octava Europe tabula.Ulm, 16 Jul 1482.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Austrian philosopher (1889-1951). Autograph picture postcard signed.Cambridge, 28. II. 1929.

Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

[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.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Escher vom Luchs, Hans Conrad, erster Stadtpräsident von Zürich (1743-1814) Passierschein mit eigenh. U. Gegengezeichnet von dem französischen Diplomaten …Zürich, 12 Jul 1795.

[Fifth Arab Petroleum Congress]. Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation. Al-Batrul [Petroleum Magazine].Cairo, March 1965.

Scotta, Frida (geb. Schytte, verh. von Kaulbach), Violinistin (1871-1948). Kabinettphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung und U.O. O., um 1892.

Ibn Al-Baytar (Diya' al-Din Abu Muhammad ‘Abdullah ibn Ahmed al-Malaqi). Kitab-i ibn-i baytar al-mufradat [Compendium on Simple Medicines and Foods].Ottoman Empire, early 17th century CE.

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Ptolemaeus, Claudius [translated by Angelus, Jacobus, edited by Germanus, Nicolaus]. [Russia, Black Sea] Octava Europe tabula.Ulm, 16 Jul 1482.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Austrian philosopher (1889-1951). Autograph picture postcard signed.Cambridge, 28. II. 1929.

Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

[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.