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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

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

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

Pabst, Georg Wilhelm, Regisseur (1885-1967). Gedr. Briefkarte mit eigenh. U.Fünfturm Steiermark, nach 1945.

[Wittgenstein, Paul, Pianist (1887-1961)]. - Louis Spohr (Komponist, 1784-1859). 38 Musikdrucke aus dem Besitz Paul Wittgensteins.Verschiedene Orte, ca. 1815 bis 1842.

What’s gone: some recent sales

Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). "Prière d'Elisabeth". Eigenh. musikalisches Albumblatt mit U.Paris, 7 Jun 1861.

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

[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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Unconditional guarantee of authenticity

All shipments fully insured and trackable door-to-door

Exhibiting at fairs internationally

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

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

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

Pabst, Georg Wilhelm, Regisseur (1885-1967). Gedr. Briefkarte mit eigenh. U.Fünfturm Steiermark, nach 1945.

[Wittgenstein, Paul, Pianist (1887-1961)]. - Louis Spohr (Komponist, 1784-1859). 38 Musikdrucke aus dem Besitz Paul Wittgensteins.Verschiedene Orte, ca. 1815 bis 1842.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). "Prière d'Elisabeth". Eigenh. musikalisches Albumblatt mit U.Paris, 7 Jun 1861.

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

[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.