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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

  • Altenberg, Peter, Schriftsteller (1959-1919). Eigenh. Manuskript mit U.Wien, April 1904.

    $1,630.00

  • [London Conference]. Photograph from the London Conference.London, 17 Feb 1939.

    $272.00

  • Goethe, Walther Wolfgang Freiherr von, Kammerherr und Komponist (1818-1885). Lithographierte Visitenkarte.O. O., wohl 1850er Jahre.

    $1,956.00

  • [Lazzat Un Nisa]. Laddhat un-nisa [The Pleasure of Women].Northern India, ca. 1820s / early 19th century.

    $19,561.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Mattioli, Pietro Andrea]. Original large-format woodblock of Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine).Prague, ca. 1562.

    $13,584.00

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

    $4,890.00

  • Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

    $7,607.00

  • [Zanzibar]. The Gazette for Zanzibar.Zanzibar, 1912-13, 1918 and 1920.

    $27,169.00