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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

  • Johannes Paul II., Papst (d. i. Karol Józef Wojtyla, 1920-2005). Ms. Brief mit eigenh. U.Krakau, 10 Jun 1978.

    $1,300.00

  • Fleming, Hanns Friedrich von. Der Vollkommene Teutsche Soldat, welcher Die gantze Kriegs-Wissenschaft, …Leipzig, 1726.

    $3,791.00

  • K'ieou, Pierre, Chinese Jesuit (1686 - after 1744). Autograph document signed in Chinese.Zhujiajiao Qingpu District, Shanghai, 29 May 1744.

    $5,416.00

  • Horn, Wilhelm. Maehrens ausgezeichnete Volkstrachten.Brünn Brno, 1837.

    $6,499.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Blanckenhorn, [Prof. Dr. Max]. Die Hedschaz-Bahn auf Grund eigener Reisestudien.Berlin, 1907.

    $3,791.00

  • Waldemar, Prince of Prussia. Zur Erinnerung an die Reise des Prinzen Waldemar von Preussen nach Indien …Berlin, 1853.

    $41,163.00

  • Vesalius, Andreas. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem.Basel, June 1543.

    $379,137.00

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

    $4,875.00