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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

  • Freud, Lucian, British painter and draughtsman (1922-2011). Autograph letter signed.4 Delamere Terrace, London, ca. 1960.

    € 3,500.00

  • [Protectorate of Aden]. [Sketchbook of watercolour views of Aden].Aden and Karachi, 1875.

    € 28,000.00

  • Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry, Polar explorer (1874-1922). Album leaf signed.No place, 22 Jul 1921.

    € 1,250.00

  • [Indian National Congress]. Volume of ten pamphlets, including Hume's speech, The People's Cause, The …Calcutta, Lahore, Madras, Serampore, and London, 1888-1916.

    € 4,500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Friedell, Egon, Schriftsteller (1878-1938). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Wien, 20. IX. 1922.

    € 950.00

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

    € 3,500.00

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

    € 125,000.00

  • Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus. [De architectura libri decem].Venice, 22 May 1511.

    € 75,000.00