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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

  • Ford, Richard, travel writer (1796-1858). Autograph letter signed.London, 10 Jul 1856.

    $482.00

  • [Albumen photograph collage]. Photograph album.Possibly Sweden, ca. 1870s.

    $4,823.00

  • Doyle, Arthur Conan, British writer and physician (1859-1930). "The Bully of Brocas Court". Autograph manuscript signed twice ("A. Conan …Windlesham, Crowborough, ca. 1920/1921.

    $80,381.00

  • [Caussin de Perceval, Armand Pierre. Essai sur l'histoire des Arabes avant l'islamisme, pendant l'époque de …Paris, 1848.

    $322.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • (Rhau, Georg). Hortulus Animae. Lustgarten der Seelen: Mit schönen lieblichen Figuren.Wittenberg, 1550.

    $9,110.00

  • Klimt, Gustav, Maler (1862-1918). Weiblicher Akt mit ausgestrecktem linkem Arm (Allegorie der Oper).Wien, 1883.

    $91,099.00

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

    $10,182.00

  • [Cabala]. Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government: in Letters …London, 1663.

    $4,823.00