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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

  • [Roman inked wooden tablet]. Roman inked wooden tablet.Roman Empire, 4th century CE.

    $103,241.00

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

    $70,639.00

  • Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, French statesman and military officer (1757-1834), hero of the American Revolutionary War. Autograph letter signed.Sarreguemines Saargemünd, 13 Jul 1785.

    $7,064.00

  • Leupold, Jacob. Theatrum machinarum.Leipzig, 1724-1727.

    $27,169.00

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.

    $38,036.00

  • Friedell, Egon, Schriftsteller (1878-1938). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Wien, 20. IX. 1922.

    $1,032.00

  • Wodehouse, P[elham] G[renville], English writer (1881-1975). Autograph letter signed.Le Touquet, 12 Feb 1936.

    $1,630.00

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

    $13,584.00