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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

Corliss, George Henry, American engineer and inventor (1817-1888). Autograph letter signed."Evergreens", Newburyport, Mass., 11 Aug 1876.

Rivault de Flurance, David. Les elemens de l'artillerie. Concernans dans la premiere invention & …Paris, 1605.

Schopenhauer, Arthur, philosopher (1788-1860). Autograph manuscript.No place or date.

[Jainism]. [Illustrated Jain manuscript].India or Pakistan, 19th century or earlier.

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

Mahler-Werfel, Alma, Komponistin und Schriftstellerin (1879-1964). Eigenh. Brief mit U.New York, 13 Nov 1947.

Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung als vollständiges Notenmanuskript …Wien, 1861.

[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.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Corliss, George Henry, American engineer and inventor (1817-1888). Autograph letter signed."Evergreens", Newburyport, Mass., 11 Aug 1876.

Rivault de Flurance, David. Les elemens de l'artillerie. Concernans dans la premiere invention & …Paris, 1605.

Schopenhauer, Arthur, philosopher (1788-1860). Autograph manuscript.No place or date.

[Jainism]. [Illustrated Jain manuscript].India or Pakistan, 19th century or earlier.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

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

Mahler-Werfel, Alma, Komponistin und Schriftstellerin (1879-1964). Eigenh. Brief mit U.New York, 13 Nov 1947.

Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung als vollständiges Notenmanuskript …Wien, 1861.

[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.