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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

  • Stanley, Henry Morton, African explorer (1841-1904). Album leaf signed.Paris, 28 Aug 1891.

    $869.00

  • Ibn Batuta / Samuel Lee (ed.). The Travels of Ibn Batuta. Translated from the abridged Arabic manuscript …London, 1829.

    $16,301.00

  • Grolman, Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von, Jurist und Ministerpräsident (1775-1829). Gedr. Formularbrief mit hs. Eintragungen und eigenh. U. sowie hs. Dokument …Magdeburg, 21. VIII. 1821 und 10. III. 1823.

    $239.00

  • [Indian Care of Horses]. Shalihotra Samhita [Encyclopedia of the physician Shalihotra].Rajasthan, Northwest India, 19th century.

    $48,904.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Ibrâhim Haqqi, Erzurumlu. Marifetname [The Book of Knowledge and Skills].Ottoman Empire, 1235 AH 1819/20 AD.

    $30,429.00

  • Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). "Prière d'Elisabeth". Eigenh. musikalisches Albumblatt mit U.Paris, 7 Jun 1861.

    $28,255.00

  • Blanckenhorn, [Prof. Dr. Max]. Die Hedschaz-Bahn auf Grund eigener Reisestudien.Berlin, 1907.

    $3,804.00

  • Bruckner, Anton, Komponist (1824-1896). Großformatige Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. U.Wohl Wien, 1891.

    $38,036.00