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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

  • Kollwitz, Käthe, Grafikerin, Malerin und Bildhauerin (1867-1945). 1 eigenh. Brief mit U. und 4 eh. Postkarten mit U.Berlin, 1925-1929.

    $4,821.00

  • [Egypt - photos]. Stereograph with photographic views of Egypt.Egypt, ca. 1900.

    $696.00

  • Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian historian of the New World (1457-1526). Autograph receipt of funds, signed in full.Milan, 6 Nov 1515.

    $69,644.00

  • Sauvaget, Jean. Les Monuments historiques de Damas.Beirut, 1932.

    $375.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $10,179.00

  • Schubert, Franz, composer (1797-1828). [Variations on a French Song, op. 10, D. 624 (fragment)]. Autograph musical …Vienna, September 1818.

    $101,787.00

  • [Qur'an Juz' - China]. An illuminated Qur'an, Juz' XX, written in Beijing by a Muslim woman.Khanbaliq Cambaluc, Beijing, 10 Nov. 1623 CE = 17 Muharram 1033 H.

    $133,930.00

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

    $27,857.00