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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

  • Rosegger, Peter, Schriftsteller (1843-1918). Eigenh. Portraitpostkarte mit U.Graz, 13 Dec 1911.

    $268.00

  • [Fifth Arab Petroleum Congress]. Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation. Al-Batrul [Petroleum Magazine].Cairo, March 1965.

    $321.00

  • Sauvé, N. B., American geophysicist and oil explorer (fl. 1950s). Typed letter signed ("N. B. Sauvé").Pasay City, Manila, Philippines, 25 Jun 1959.

    $321.00

  • [Ge'ez]. [Ge'ez healing scroll].Ethiopia or Eritrea, 19th century.

    $1,605.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $80,267.00

  • [Cabala]. Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government: in Letters …London, 1663.

    $4,816.00

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

    $13,378.00

  • Luther, Martin, Theologe und Reformator (1483-1546). Eigenh. Brief mit U. ("Martinus").Veste Coburg, "feria quinta post Equinoctium autumni" = 15. IX. 1530.

    $374,579.00