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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

  • Hughes, Ted, British poet (1930-1998). Autograph letter signed ("Ted") and four drawings by Hughes.Devon, 8 May 1989.

    $6,964.00

  • [Jesuit prayer book]. Magnis, Giovanni Pietro, Italo-Austrian physician (1558-1618). Septem psalmi poenitentiales & aliae devotae orationes.Probably Vienna, 1601.

    $37,500.00

  • [Shaw, George Bernard.] Karsh, Yousuf. Portrait of George Bernard Shaw playing the spinet with Blanche Patch, …Prob. London, ca. 1948.

    $2,143.00

  • [Salt, Henry]. Egypt. A Descriptive Poem with Notes by a Traveller.Alexandria, 1824.

    $9,107.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [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

  • Ferdinand I., röm.-dt. Kaiser (1503-1564), hier noch als Erzherzog. Gewaltbrief mit eigenh. U.Wien, 4 Nov 1526.

    $6,964.00

  • Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung.Wien, Leipzig, Paris, 1900?.

    $19,286.00

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

    $428,576.00