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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

  • Ratzinger, Joseph (Benedikt XVI.), Theologe und Papst (1927-2022). Gedr. Dankeskarte mit eigenh. U. ("Benedictus em").O. O. u. D.

    $855.00

  • [Israel - Jewish National Fund]. Erez Israel. Erets Yisra'el: adamah 'Ivrit.Jerusalem, ca. 1925.

    $2,673.00

  • Robinson, John Henry, English artist (1796-1871). Autograph letter signed ("J. H. Robinson").16 Oxford Terrace, London, 13 Jul 1836.

    $267.00

  • [Alhambra - Photography]. Mauzaisse, Charles (photographer). [Collection of 13 photographs of the Alhambra in Granada].Granada, ca. 1865.

    $10,158.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

    $427,700.00

  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Autographa.Weimar, Dezember 1811.

    $16,039.00

  • Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung als vollständiges Notenmanuskript …Wien, 1861.

    $32,077.00

  • Sulayman al-Tajir / Abu Zaid Hasan ibn Yazid, al-Sirafi / Renaudot, Eusèbe (ed.). [Silsilat al-tawarik - Italian]. Antiche relazioni dell' Indie, e della …Bologna, 1749.

    $10,158.00