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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

  • Tesla, Nikola, Serbian-American inventor (1856-1943). Autograph letter signed ("N. Tesla").New York, 26 Jan 1894.

    € 25,000.00

  • [Abu Dhabi]. Geomorphological map of northern part of Jabal Hafeet, U.A.E.Abu Dhabi, ca. 1970s.

    € 7,500.00

  • [I Ching]. Wilhelm, Richard / Baynes, Cary F. (transl.) / Jung, Carl Gustav (foreword). The I Ching or Book of Changes.London, 1965.

    € 28,000.00

  • [Alf layla wa-layla]. Kitab Alf layla wa-layla. Vols. I and II.Bulaq, 1835 CE = 1251 H.

    € 300,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    € 18,000.00

  • Schiele, Egon, Maler (1890-1918). Eigenh. Bildpostkarte mit U.Kovácspatak bei Budapest, 29 Jul 1918.

    € 12,000.00

  • [Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

    € 35,000.00

  • Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus. [De architectura libri decem].Venice, 22 May 1511.

    € 75,000.00