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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

  • Pedrini, Teodorico, Italian missionary, musician, and composer at the Imperial Court in Beijing (1671-1746). Autograph letter signed.Beijing, 23 Nov 1725.

    $26,786.00

  • Santarem, Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa, Visconde de. Memorias para a historia, e theoria das Cortes Geraes, que em Portugal …Lisbon, 1827.

    $1,607.00

  • Gris, Juan, Spanish painter (1887-1927). Autograph letter signed ("Pepe") and illustrated.Madrid, 19 Jul 1901.

    $19,822.00

  • Kunike, Adolph. Zwey hundert vier und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes …Vienna, 1826.

    $80,358.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Autographa.Weimar, Dezember 1811.

    $16,072.00

  • Boniface VIII, Pope (ca 1230-1303). Letter of indulgence for the church "Beati Nicolai" at the monastery of …St Peter, Rome, 1298.

    $26,786.00

  • [United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

    $37,500.00

  • Bombay Geographical Society. The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1868 …Bombay, 1874.

    $150,002.00