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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

  • Aly, Wolfgang, classical scholar (1881-1962). Autograph quotation signed.Freiburg, ca. 1927.

    $488.00

  • Cooley, William Desborough. Inner Africa Laid Open.London, 1852.

    $2,170.00

  • Stanley, Henry Morton, African explorer (1841-1904). Clipped signature.N. p. o. d.

    $651.00

  • Hans Holbein the Younger / Chamberlaine, John (ed.). Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, in the Collection of His …London, 1792-1800.

    $19,528.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Reichs-Marine-Amt. Segelhandbuch für den Persischen Golf.Berlin, 1907.

    $8,137.00

  • Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). "Prière d'Elisabeth". Eigenh. musikalisches Albumblatt mit U.Paris, 7 Jun 1861.

    $28,207.00

  • Ibrâhim Haqqi, Erzurumlu. Marifetname [The Book of Knowledge and Skills].Ottoman Empire, 1235 AH 1819/20 AD.

    $30,377.00

  • Haydn, Joseph. Ariana a Naxos. Cantata a Voce Sola. Accompagnata col Clavicembalo o Forte-Piano.London, Juni 1791.

    $16,273.00