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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

  • Herz, Henriette, Schriftstellerin (1764-1847). 3 eigenh. Briefe.Wohl Berlin, 1838.

    $4,886.00

  • Prisse d'Avennes, Achille Constant Théodore Émile. Oriental Album. Characters, Costumes, and Modes of life, in the valley …London, 1848.

    $70,570.00

  • Forgeot, André-Nicolas, French Jesuit missionary in China (1716-1761). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by Jean-Sylvain de Neuvialle, superior …Macau, 2 Oct 1751.

    $3,040.00

  • Lees, G[eorge] M[artin]. The Search for Oil.London and Beccles, 1940.

    $326.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Kauffmann, Angelika, painter (1741-1807). Autograph letter signed.Rome, 18 Nov 1792.

    $10,314.00

  • Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

    $41,257.00

  • Keynes, John Maynard, British economist (1883-1946). Typed letter signed ("JMK").London, 28 Aug 1941.

    $2,714.00

  • (Harsdörffer, Georg Philipp). Vollständig vermehrtes Trincir-Buch, Handlend: I. Von den Tafeldecken, …Nuremberg, 1654.

    $4,886.00