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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

  • Pauli, Wolfgang, Austrian-born, Swiss theoretical physicist; winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics. 2 autograph postcards signed ("Pauli").Goettingen, 15 and 17 Dec. 1921.

    $9,237.00

  • [Nicolotti, T.]. Bombardamento della citta di Tolone fatto da gl' Imperiali ed Aleati l'Anno …No place, ca. 1707.

    $4,890.00

  • Laube, Heinrich, Schriftsteller und Theaterdirektor (1806-1884). Eigenh. Brief mit U. und eh. Albumblatt mit U.Leipzig, 21. XI. 1843 und 15. II. 1875.

    $283.00

  • [Bahrain & Oman]. Whish, R[ichard] W[illiam]. Memoir on Bahreyn. (And:) Pengelly, W. M. Remarks on a Portion of the Eastern …Bombay, 1863.

    $16,301.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Sarre, Friedrich / Herzfeld, Ernst. Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet.Berlin, 1911-1920.

    $8,151.00

  • Ptolemaeus, Claudius [translated by Angelus, Jacobus, edited by Germanus, Nicolaus]. [Russia, Black Sea] Octava Europe tabula.Ulm, 16 Jul 1482.

    $54,337.00

  • Hoffmann, E. T. A., writer (1776-1822). Autograph letter signed ("Hoffmann").Berlin, 21 Jul 1816.

    $30,429.00

  • Schubert, Franz, composer (1797-1828). Collection of three engraved cores: Op. 1 (Erlkönig), 2 (Gretchen am Spinnrade), …Vienna, 1821-1827.

    $8,151.00