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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

  • Heidegger, Martin. Hegel und die Griechen.Tübingen, 1960.

    $706.00

  • Ibn al-Farid. Diwan Ibn al-Farid.No place, 1709 CE = 1121 H.

    $10,314.00

  • Powell, Earl "Bud", American jazz pianist and composer (1924-1966). Signed contract.New York, 26 Jul 1949.

    $4,885.00

  • Rivault de Flurance, David. Les elemens de l'artillerie. Concernans dans la premiere invention & …Paris, 1605.

    $2,714.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

    $37,998.00

  • Gauguin, Paul, French painter (1848-1903). Autograph letter signed "Paul Gauguin".Tahiti, July 1901.

    $81,424.00

  • Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

    $130,278.00

  • Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). "Prière d'Elisabeth". Eigenh. musikalisches Albumblatt mit U.Paris, 7 Jun 1861.

    $28,227.00