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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

  • Nietzsche, Friedrich, German philosopher and poet (1844-1900). Autograph letter signed ("Friedrich Nietzsche").Basel, 27 Sep 1876.

    $92,417.00

  • [Jainism - Indian miniature]. [Jain cosmographical diagram].Gujarat or Rajasthan, late 19th/ early 20th century.

    $815.00

  • [Subscription receipt for the Lexicon heptaglotton]. Printed blank form completed in ink and signed by Edmund Castell (Semitic …London, 2 May 1664.

    $2,718.00

  • Lees, G[eorge] M[artin]. The Middle East.Oxford, 1953.

    $326.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Friedell, Egon, Schriftsteller (1878-1938). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Wien, 20. IX. 1922.

    $1,033.00

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

    $4,893.00

  • Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung.Wien, Leipzig, Paris, 1900?.

    $19,571.00

  • Reichs-Marine-Amt. Segelhandbuch für den Persischen Golf.Berlin, 1907.

    $8,154.00