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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

  • Herzmanovsky-Orlando, Fritz, Schriftsteller und Zeichner (1877-1954). Eigenh. Notiz.O. O., um 1950.

    $1,032.00

  • [London Conference]. Photograph from the London Conference.London, 17 Feb 1939.

    $272.00

  • Hausegger, Siegmund von, Dirigent und Komponist (1872-1948). Eigenh. Portraitpostkarte mit Notenzitat und U. verso.München, Oktober 1943.

    $239.00

  • [Lazzat Un Nisa]. Laddhat un-nisa [The Pleasure of Women].Northern India, ca. 1820s / early 19th century.

    $19,561.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Mandeville, John. Reysen und Wanderschafften durch das Gelobte Land.Strasbourg, 1488.

    $489,037.00

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

    $13,584.00

  • Roberts, David. Egypt & Nubia, from Drawings Made on the Spot With Historical Descriptions …London, 1846-1849.

    $103,241.00

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

    $41,296.00