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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

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

    $1,956.00

  • Ibn Batuta / Samuel Lee (ed.). The Travels of Ibn Batuta. Translated from the abridged Arabic manuscript …London, 1829.

    $16,301.00

  • Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, French statesman and military officer (1757-1834), hero of the American Revolutionary War. Autograph letter signed.Sarreguemines Saargemünd, 13 Jul 1785.

    $7,064.00

  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward, British explorer, intelligence officer, and writer (1888-1935). Autograph letter signed. ("TEShaw").No place, 2 May 1930.

    $7,064.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Klimt, Gustav, Maler (1862-1918). Weiblicher Akt mit ausgestrecktem linkem Arm (Allegorie der Oper).Wien, 1883.

    $92,374.00

  • [Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

    $10,324.00

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

    $32,602.00

  • [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.

    $135,844.00