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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

  • Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich, Russian composer (1840-1893). Autograph musical manuscript. "Allegro molto", Dance of the Buffoons (from …Florence, 27 Nov. - 9 Dec. 1878.

    $267,620.00

  • Sawyer, Cornelius, British mariner and draughtsman (fl. 1830s). Manuscript notebook.Mostly Bengal, 1834.

    $19,269.00

  • Pasternak, Boris, Russian poet (1890-1960). "Stikhi iz romana v proze" [Poems from a novel in prose]. A cycle of ten …No place, ca. 1948.

    $37,467.00

  • Mansur ibn Ilyas. Tashrih-i Mansuri [Mansur's Anatomy].Persia, 19th century.

    $48,172.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

    $128,458.00

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

    $27,832.00

  • [Ludwig Salvator]. Wintertage auf Ithaka.Prag, 1905.

    $4,282.00

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

    $37,467.00