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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.

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Jungwirth, Maria, painter (1894-1968). 25 fashion designs (some signed and with autogr. captions).No place, c. 1913/1915.

[Order of Santiago]. Reformacion de los conventos de la Orden de Santiago.Habsburg Spain, 31 Oct 1569.

Forkel, Johann Nikolaus, German musicologist (1749-1818). Autograph letter signed ("JN Forkel").Göttingen, 29 Sep 1789.

Santarem, Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa, Visconde de. Memorias para a historia, e theoria das Cortes Geraes, que em Portugal …Lisbon, 1827.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Gauguin, Paul, French painter (1848-1903). Autograph letter signed "Paul Gauguin".Tahiti, July 1901.

Rowling, J[oanne] K., English writer (b. 1965). Original miniature manuscript.N. p., 2004.

Culpeper, Nich[olas]. Catastrophe magnatum: Or, the Fall of Monarchie. A Caveat to Magistrates, …London, 1652.

[La Pira, Gioacchino, Italian painter (active 1839-1870) - attrib.]. A group of ten masterly gouaches of Naples and surroundings from the collection …Naples, ca. 1855-1866.

Free shipping worldwide extended to all registered customers

Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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Unconditional guarantee of authenticity

All shipments fully insured and trackable door-to-door

Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Jungwirth, Maria, painter (1894-1968). 25 fashion designs (some signed and with autogr. captions).No place, c. 1913/1915.

[Order of Santiago]. Reformacion de los conventos de la Orden de Santiago.Habsburg Spain, 31 Oct 1569.

Forkel, Johann Nikolaus, German musicologist (1749-1818). Autograph letter signed ("JN Forkel").Göttingen, 29 Sep 1789.

Santarem, Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa, Visconde de. Memorias para a historia, e theoria das Cortes Geraes, que em Portugal …Lisbon, 1827.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Gauguin, Paul, French painter (1848-1903). Autograph letter signed "Paul Gauguin".Tahiti, July 1901.

Rowling, J[oanne] K., English writer (b. 1965). Original miniature manuscript.N. p., 2004.

Culpeper, Nich[olas]. Catastrophe magnatum: Or, the Fall of Monarchie. A Caveat to Magistrates, …London, 1652.

[La Pira, Gioacchino, Italian painter (active 1839-1870) - attrib.]. A group of ten masterly gouaches of Naples and surroundings from the collection …Naples, ca. 1855-1866.