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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

  • Freud, Lucian, British painter and draughtsman (1922-2011). Autograph letter signed.4 Delamere Terrace, London, ca. 1960.

    $3,804.00

  • Watson, James D., American Nobel laureate, molecular biologist, and geneticist (b. 1928). Genes, Girls and Gamow.Oxford, 2001.

    $869.00

  • 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

  • [Qur'an]. An Ottoman Qur'an manuscript.Ottoman Turkey, 18th century CE.

    $19,561.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $8,151.00

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

    $13,584.00

  • Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China (1866-1925). Autograph letter signed ("Y-S Sun").Canton Guangzhou, 29 Nov 1921.

    $163,012.00

  • [Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

    $38,036.00