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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

  • Palmerston (3rd Viscount), Henry John Temple, British Prime Minister (1784-1865). Letter signed.London, Foreign Office, 14 Aug 1838.

    $3,260.00

  • Tagore, Sourindro Mohun. Tárávatí: a Tale, translated into English.Calcutta, 1881.

    $4,890.00

  • Kekulé von Stradonitz, Stephan, Genealoge, Heraldiker und Jurist (1863-1933). 7 eigenh. Briefe mit U.Groß-Lichterfelde später Berlin, 1898-1910.

    $869.00

  • [Dominicus de St. Thomae (Dominique Ottoman), Dominican friar (ca. 1639-1676)]. Le vray portrait de frere Dominique Ottoman fils d'Hibrahim premier Empereur …No place, 1664.

    $1,630.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Ships Logs] - F. R. Openshaw, Royal Navy midshipman (fl. 1900s). "Log of H. M. Ships Highflyer & Hyacinth". Autograph manuscript logs …Indian Ocean and the Gulf, 1902-1904.

    $103,237.00

  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, French painter and illustrator (1864-1901). Autograph letter monogrammed "HTL".Paris, ca. 1884/1885.

    $4,890.00

  • Mahler-Werfel, Alma, Komponistin und Schriftstellerin (1879-1964). Eigenh. Brief mit U.New York, 13 Nov 1947.

    $2,608.00

  • [Reformation sammelband]. Luther, Martin. Vermanung zum Sacrament des Leibes und Bluts unsers Herren.Leipzig, 1542.

    $4,890.00