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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

  • Peter (Petros) of Greece and Denmark, Prince, soldier and anthropologist (1908-1980). Autograph letter signed.London, 12 Jul 1959.

    $857.00

  • [Sri Lanka - palm leaf book]. [Sinhalese palm-leaf manuscript].Sri Lanka, 19th century.

    $1,607.00

  • Hunt, John, Baron Hunt, British mountaineer (1910-1998). Typed letter signed ("John Hunt").London, 19 Jun 1959.

    $911.00

  • [King Cyrus and the Temple of Jerusalem]. Biblia latina - VT - Esdras. [Illuminated manuscript leaf].Austria or Germany, 1507.

    $19,286.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [La Pira, Gioacchino, Italian painter (active 1839-1870) - attrib.]. A group of nineteen masterly gouaches of Naples and surroundings from the …Naples, ca. 1855-1866.

    $214,288.00

  • [Hinduism]. Sanskrit scroll.India, Rajasthan, 19th century.

    $3,750.00

  • [La Pira, Gioacchino, Italian painter (active 1839-1870) - attrib.]. A group of ten masterly gouaches of Naples and surroundings from the collection …Naples, ca. 1855-1866.

    $133,930.00

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

    $40,715.00