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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.

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Scotta, Frida (geb. Schytte, verh. von Kaulbach), Violinistin (1871-1948). Kabinettphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung und U.O. O., um 1892.

Rabelais, François. Oeuvres [...] avec des remarques historiques et critiques de Mr. Le Duchat. …Amsterdam, 1741.

Lear, Edward, English artist and poet (1812-1888). Autograph letter signed ("Edward Lear").Stratford Place, Oxford Street, London, 6 Mar 1861.

[Sri Lanka - palm leaf book]. [Sinhalese palm-leaf manuscript].Sri Lanka, 19th century.

What’s gone: some recent sales

[La Pira, Gioacchino, Italian painter (active 1839-1870) - attrib.]. A group of ten masterly gouaches of Naples and surroundings from the collection …Naples, ca. 1855-1866.

Géricault, Théodore. Five complete series by the greatest horse painter of 19th century, including …Paris, 1822-1823.

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

Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), revolutionary, Marxist thinker, founder of the Soviet Union (1870-1924). Autograph inscription signed, together with Leon Trotsky.No place or date, November 1917.

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Serving the great universities, museums, and national libraries worldwide

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Unconditional guarantee of authenticity

All shipments fully insured and trackable door-to-door

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What’s new: recent acquisitions

Scotta, Frida (geb. Schytte, verh. von Kaulbach), Violinistin (1871-1948). Kabinettphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung und U.O. O., um 1892.

Rabelais, François. Oeuvres [...] avec des remarques historiques et critiques de Mr. Le Duchat. …Amsterdam, 1741.

Lear, Edward, English artist and poet (1812-1888). Autograph letter signed ("Edward Lear").Stratford Place, Oxford Street, London, 6 Mar 1861.

[Sri Lanka - palm leaf book]. [Sinhalese palm-leaf manuscript].Sri Lanka, 19th century.

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What’s gone: some recent sales

[La Pira, Gioacchino, Italian painter (active 1839-1870) - attrib.]. A group of ten masterly gouaches of Naples and surroundings from the collection …Naples, ca. 1855-1866.

Géricault, Théodore. Five complete series by the greatest horse painter of 19th century, including …Paris, 1822-1823.

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

Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), revolutionary, Marxist thinker, founder of the Soviet Union (1870-1924). Autograph inscription signed, together with Leon Trotsky.No place or date, November 1917.