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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

  • Palmerston (3rd Viscount), Henry John Temple, British Prime Minister (1784-1865). Letter signed.London, Foreign Office, 14 Aug 1838.

    $3,260.00

  • Watson, James D., American Nobel laureate, molecular biologist, and geneticist (b. 1928). DNA: The Secret of Life.New York, 2003.

    $1,087.00

  • Lefebvre, Urbain, French missionary in China and Blessed Martyr of the Carmes (1725-1792). Autograph document signed.Macau, 8 Sep 1750.

    $3,804.00

  • [Abu Dhabi]. Geological map of Abu Dhabi.Abu Dhabi, 1970s.

    $3,804.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Montaigne, Michel de. Essais de Messire Michel Seigneur de Montaigne, Chevalier de l'Ordre du …Bordeaux, 1580.

    $489,037.00

  • Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

    $41,296.00

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

    $13,584.00

  • [Palestine]. Album fotografico delle principali vedute della Palestina con apposite …Turin, 1870s, at least before 1878.

    $9,237.00