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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

  • Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste, sculptor (1834-1904). Print with autograph signature.Paris, 1878.

    $1,952.00

  • Horn, Wilhelm. Maehrens ausgezeichnete Volkstrachten.Brünn Brno, 1837.

    $6,508.00

  • 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.

    $705.00

  • [Saudi Arabia]. Nashrat 'Iielamia. [Media Bulletin No. 1-9].Saudi Arabia, 1989-1996.

    $705.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $10,305.00

  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

    $433,880.00

  • Chimani, Leopold. Bunte Scenerien aus dem Menschenleben. Ein Bilderbuch ganz neuer Art.Wien, 1836.

    $13,559.00

  • [British Army]. Exercise Gulf.Headquarters Army Emergency Reserve, Longmoor, Hants., 1959.

    $2,169.00