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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

  • [Roman inked wooden tablet]. Roman inked wooden tablet.Roman Empire, 4th century CE.

    € 95,000.00

  • [Protectorate of Aden]. [Sketchbook of watercolour views of Aden].Aden and Karachi, 1875.

    € 28,000.00

  • Mann, Thomas & George R. Marek, German writer and Nobel laureate (1875-1955) & music producer and biographer (1902-1987). "Das Gesetz" and "The Law". 2 typescripts with numerous autograph corrections, …New York, October 1943.

    € 20,000.00

  • Bellen, R. C. van. The Stratigraphy of the Main Limestone of the Kirkuk, Bai Hassan, and Qarah …London, 1956.

    € 850.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Petrini, Paolo. [Wall Maps of the World and Four Continents].Naples, ca. 1700.

    € 480,000.00

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

    € 12,500.00

  • Friedell, Egon, Schriftsteller (1878-1938). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Wien, 20. IX. 1922.

    € 950.00

  • Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

    € 38,000.00