The firm was established in 1997 and is a member of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

After a few years in the auction business in the provincial town of Louvain, Henri Godts becomes the assistant of antiquarian bookseller Louis Moorthamers in Brussels whom grandfather founded his bookshop in 1894 in Antwerp.

Henri Godts establishes the valuations for auctions, provides estimates in case of inheritance or partition, officiates at auctions and drafts the catalogue descriptions essentially of maps, atlases and manuscripts. He is member of the “Chambre belge de la Librairie ancienne et moderne” (CLAM) being the association of Belgian antiquarian booksellers and member of the “Brussels International Map Collectors’ Circle” (BIMCC).

Having worked in the field of ancient books for 25 years, the historian Carine Deprez takes care since the creation of the bookshop of writing the remaining descriptions for the auction catalogues (especially 19th & 20th century books, Japanese prints, modern graphics, autographs...) and ensures their publication in print and on the Internet. She is also in charge of the company’s computer system and has designed and developed this website for which web-o-net provides the ASP support.
Marie Palmucci, a young historian specialized in Ancient History, has joined the team since January 2012.

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