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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

  • Kipling, Rudyard, English poet and novelist, Nobel laureate (1865-1936). Autograph letter signed ("Rudyard Kipling").Naulakha, Dummerston, Brattleboro, Vermont, 10 Feb 1895.

    € 15,000.00

  • [Albumen photograph collage]. Photograph album.Possibly Sweden, ca. 1870s.

    € 4,500.00

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

    € 1,200.00

  • [Aerial photography - UAE]. Ras Al Khaimah. United Arab Emirates.Beirut, 1976.

    € 3,500.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Russia - Edinburgh Missionary Society]. Report of the Edinburgh Missionary Society, for 1817 [and: 1818].Edinburgh, 1817-1818.

    € 850.00

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

    € 9,500.00

  • [Astronomy]. Astronomical manuscript in Arabic.No place, late 18th century ca. 1785 CE / 1200 H.

    € 12,500.00

  • [Herbarius]. Herbolario volgare, nelquale se dimostra a conoscer le herbe [...].Venice, June 1536.

    € 4,500.00