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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

  • Barrett Browning, Elizabeth, English poet (1806-1861). Autograph letter signed ("EBB").No place, 13 Dec 1843.

    $16,301.00

  • [Ethiopian Divinatory Text]. Awda Nagast [The Circle of the King].Ethiopia, late 18th or early 19th century CE.

    $10,324.00

  • Heyse, Paul, Schriftsteller (1830-1914). Portraitpostkarte mit eigenh. U.München, 1. III. 1910.

    $272.00

  • Owen, Charles Henry. Sketches in the Crimea, Taken During the Late War.London, 1856.

    $10,324.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • La Fontaine, Jean de, French writer (1621-1695). Autograph document signed "De la fontaine".No place, 5 Jan 1660.

    $16,301.00

  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Austrian philosopher (1889-1951). Autograph picture postcard signed.Cambridge, 28. II. 1929.

    $2,717.00

  • Rilke, Rainer Maria, Dichter (1875-1926). Eigenh. Gedicht mit Widmung und U. in: Ders., Neue Gedichte.Leipzig, 1914.

    $10,324.00

  • Chimani, Leopold. Bunte Scenerien aus dem Menschenleben. Ein Bilderbuch ganz neuer Art.Wien, 1836.

    $13,584.00