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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

  • Johannes Paul II., Papst (d. i. Karol Józef Wojtyla, 1920-2005). Ms. Brief mit eigenh. U.Krakau, 10 Jun 1978.

    € 1,200.00

  • [Ge'ez]. Two Ge'ez healing scrolls.Ethiopia or Eritrea, 20th century.

    € 800.00

  • Palmerston (3rd Viscount), Henry John Temple, British Prime Minister (1784-1865). Letter signed.London, Foreign Office, 14 Aug 1838.

    € 3,000.00

  • Ghaffar, Al-Sayyid Abd al-. [Praying around the Kaaba].Mecca, ca. 1887.

    € 4,800.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Montaigne, Michel de. Essais de Messire Michel Seigneur de Montaigne, Chevalier de l'Ordre du …Bordeaux, 1580.

    € 450,000.00

  • Petrini, Paolo. [Wall Maps of the World and Four Continents].Naples, ca. 1700.

    € 480,000.00

  • Géricault, Théodore. Five complete series by the greatest horse painter of 19th century, including …Paris, 1822-1823.

    € 35,000.00

  • Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Programmzettel mit eigenh. U. ("Mahler").Wohl Wien, 13 Feb 1902.

    € 8,500.00