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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.

    € 3,000.00

  • [Dhofar Rebellion]. Know Your Enemy. [I'rif 'aduwak]. Apne Dushman Ko Pehchano.No place, 1971.

    € 4,500.00

  • Hillary, Sir Edmund, Bergsteiger (1919-2008). Ausschnitt mit eigenh. U.London?, Oktober 1953.

    € 250.00

  • [Kuwait - photo album]. [Photograph album of the Kuwait oil industry].Kuwait, 1950s-1970s.

    € 7,500.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

    € 9,500.00

  • Liszt, Franz, Komponist und Pianist (1811-1886). Eigenh. Brief mit U. ("F. Liszt").Weimar, 25 Sep 1885.

    € 3,500.00

  • [United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

    € 35,000.00

  • Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

    € 120,000.00