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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

  • Marx, Karl. Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie [...] Erster Band. [Author's …Hamburg, 1867.

    $1,030,495.00

  • Abraham à Santa Clara [i. e., Ulrich Megerle]. Mercurialis oder Winter-Grün, Das ist: Annmuthige und kurtzweil-volle …Nuremberg, 1733.

    $1,030.00

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

    $868.00

  • Kant, Immanuel. Ueber eine Entdeckung nach der alle neue Critik der reinen Vernunft durch …Königsberg, 1790.

    $1,085.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $103,050.00

  • [Astrological Volvelle]. [Dell' hore planetarie].Italy Genoa?, ca. 1650?.

    $13,559.00

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

    $13,559.00

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

    $488,129.00