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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

  • Scotta, Frida (geb. Schytte, verh. von Kaulbach), Violinistin (1871-1948). Kabinettphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung und U.O. O., um 1892.

    $482.00

  • Santarem, Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa, Visconde de. Memorias para a historia, e theoria das Cortes Geraes, que em Portugal …Lisbon, 1827.

    $1,607.00

  • Reinagle, Oriana Georgina, British painter (1794-1875). Autograph letter signed ("O. G. Reinagle").London, 11 Feb 1830.

    $696.00

  • [Palestine]. Shapiro, Joseph. Mapat Medinat Yis´ra'el bama'arakha [Map of the State of Israel in the …Tel Aviv, 1949.

    $1,607.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Ptolemaeus, Claudius [translated by Angelus, Jacobus, edited by Germanus, Nicolaus]. [Russia, Black Sea] Octava Europe tabula.Ulm, 16 Jul 1482.

    $53,572.00

  • [Recipes, Helpful Hints, and Practical Jokes]. "Kunst-Museum oder Sammlung auserlesner Kunststücke aus dem Gebiete der …Likely Germany, early 19th century.

    $1,929.00

  • Hese, Johannes Witte de. Itinerarius Joannis de Hese presbyteri a Hierusalem describens dispositiones …Deventer, 1504.

    $48,215.00

  • Poe, Edgar Allan, American writer (1809-1849). Autograph letter signed ("Edgar A. Poe").New York, 31 Aug 1847.

    $144,644.00