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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

  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang v., Dichter (1749-1832). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Jena, 14 Sep 1823.

    $26,794.00

  • Clénard, Nicolaus. Peregrinationum, ac de rebus Machometicis epistolae elegantissimae. Accessere …Leuven, 1551.

    $8,038.00

  • Waroquier, Henry de, French painter (1881-1970). Autograph letter signed.Paris, 5 Dec 1956.

    $236.00

  • Zarqali, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al- / Bianchini, Giovanni (ed.). Tabulae de motibus planetarum.Ferrara, ca. 1475.

    $300,090.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Haydn, Joseph. Ariana a Naxos. Cantata a Voce Sola. Accompagnata col Clavicembalo o Forte-Piano.London, Juni 1791.

    $16,076.00

  • Rilke, Rainer Maria, Dichter (1875-1926). Eigenh. Gedicht mit Widmung und U. in: Ders., Neue Gedichte.Leipzig, 1914.

    $10,182.00

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

    $4,823.00

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

    $13,397.00