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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.

What’s new: recent acquisitions

  • Lear, Edward, English artist and poet (1812-1888). Autograph letter signed ("Edward Lear").Stratford Place, Oxford Street, London, 6 Mar 1861.

    € 1,800.00

  • Schoenberg, Arnold. Theory of Harmony.New York, 1948.

    € 6,500.00

  • [Falconry - Jaume III of Mallorca]. Invoice document (albarán) for falconry expenses.No place, Saturday, 12 June, n. y. probably 1330s.

    € 18,000.00

  • Verlaine, Paul. Liturgies intimes.Paris, 1892.

    € 500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Bruckner, Anton, Komponist (1824-1896). Großformatige Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. U.Wohl Wien, 1891.

    € 35,000.00

  • [Du Fouilloux, Jacques, et al.]. Neuw Jag unnd Weydwerck Buch, das ist ein grundtliche beschreibung vom …Frankfurt, 1582.

    € 125,000.00

  • Watt, James, Scottish inventor (1736-1819). Autograph letter signed ("James Watt").Birmingham, 29 Dec 1818.

    € 2,500.00

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

    € 50,000.00