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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

  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang v., Dichter (1749-1832). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Jena, 14 Sep 1823.

    € 25,000.00

  • Ottoman manuscript. Serh-i Menazil-i Kamer.No place, probably later 19th century.

    € 3,500.00

  • Villers, Charles de, philosopher (1765-1815). Autograph letter signed.Lübeck, 7 Dec 1808.

    € 3,500.00

  • (Douglas, H. P. / Glen, Graham Cunningham, eds.). Persian Gulf Pilot. Comprising the Persian Gulf and its approaches from …London, 1932.

    € 15,000.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Programmzettel mit eigenh. U. ("Mahler").Wohl Wien, 13 Feb 1902.

    € 8,500.00

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

    € 12,500.00

  • [Newe Zeitung - Flood of 1784]. Vollständige Nachrichten von denen großen Wasserfluthen am Rhein, Mayn, …No place or printer, 1784.

    € 350.00

  • Reichs-Marine-Amt. Segelhandbuch für den Persischen Golf.Berlin, 1907.

    € 7,500.00