Our buyers include private collectors as well as libraries, museums and academic institutions that regularly acquire important works through our auctions. The quality of the department is reflected in both the selection of objects and the thorough cataloguing and provenance research. Each consignment is examined with the greatest care, described in detail and placed in its historical context. Our auctions reflect the full breadth of the written and printed word across the centuries: from early incunabula and richly illuminated manuscripts to major Enlightenment prints, literary first editions, modern artists’ books and autographs by outstanding figures from culture, science and politics.