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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

  • Freud, Lucian, British painter and draughtsman (1922-2011). Autograph letter signed.4 Delamere Terrace, London, ca. 1960.

    $3,804.00

  • [Falconry]. Collection of ten original watercolours showing falcons.Probably Scandinavia, c. 1840.

    $16,301.00

  • Herzmanovsky-Orlando, Fritz, Schriftsteller und Zeichner (1877-1954). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Meran, Schloß Rametz, 31 Mar 1954.

    $2,717.00

  • Arab Union of Petroleum Workers. Al-Batrul al-'Arabi. [Arab Petroleum].Cairo, February 1963.

    $272.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $521,640.00

  • Mandeville, John. Reysen und Wanderschafften durch das Gelobte Land.Strasbourg, 1488.

    $489,037.00

  • Lafosse, Georges. Les Musulmans dans le monde.Paris, ca. 1952.

    $3,804.00

  • 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