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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

  • Simenon, Georges, Belgian writer (1903-1989). Photographic portrait with autograph inscription signed.No place, 1985.

    $375.00

  • Garnier, Charles. Le nouvel opera de Paris.Paris, 1880.

    $8,036.00

  • Einstein, Albert, German-born physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein").Princeton, New Jersey, 4 Dec 1949.

    $30,000.00

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

    $1,607.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

    $428,576.00

  • Sarre, Friedrich / Herzfeld, Ernst. Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet.Berlin, 1911-1920.

    $8,036.00

  • Chimani, Leopold. Bunte Scenerien aus dem Menschenleben. Ein Bilderbuch ganz neuer Art.Wien, 1836.

    $13,393.00

  • Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

    $7,500.00