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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

  • Mutter Teresa (d. i. Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu), Ordensfrau und Trägerin des Friedensnobelpreises (1910–1997). Gedr. Gebetszettel mit Portrait und eigenh. U. ("God bless you | M Teresa …O. O. u. D.

    $707.00

  • [Quadrant]. Paper-covered wood showing coloured scales.Ottoman Empire, 19th century.

    $1,631.00

  • Mann, Thomas, German writer and Nobel laureate (1875-1955). Typed letter signed.Munich, 3 Mar 1927.

    $1,957.00

  • [League of Arab States, Secretariat General]. Fourth Arab Petroleum Congress. Organized by the Secretariat General of …Beirut, 1963.

    $489.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Vasif, Ahmet. Mahasin al-athar wa-haqaiq al-akhbar.Bulaq, 1246 1830.

    $4,893.00

  • [U.S. Air Force / NASA]. Lunar Astronautical Charts.St. Louis, Missouri, 1962-1967.

    $16,309.00

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

    $38,054.00

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

    $130,471.00