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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

  • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901). Autograph letter.Osborne House Isle of Wight, 7 Aug 1861.

    $2,392.00

  • Hunting Surveys Ltd. Aerial survey photographs (nos. 1-7). Liwa Villages.London, 1976-1977.

    $19,571.00

  • Gil de Frederich y Sans, Francesco, Saint, Spanish Dominican missionary in Vietnam (1702-1745). Document with 5 autograph lines signed.Tonkin Hanoi, 5 Jul 1744.

    $2,718.00

  • Soliman, Mahmoud Soliman. Second Arab Mineral Wealth Congress 2nd to 8th November 1974 Jiddah Kingdom …Qatar, November 1974.

    $1,033.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Géricault, Théodore. Five complete series by the greatest horse painter of 19th century, including …Paris, 1822-1823.

    $38,054.00

  • Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China (1866-1925). Autograph letter signed ("Y-S Sun").Canton Guangzhou, 29 Nov 1921.

    $163,088.00

  • Hoffmann, E. T. A., writer (1776-1822). Autograph letter signed ("Hoffmann").Berlin, 21 Jul 1816.

    $30,443.00

  • Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph album signed by Mao Zedong and Chou Enlai.Beijing, 8 Jan 1963.

    $271,814.00