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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

  • Britten, Benjamin, English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976). Autograph signature, co-signed by Sir Peter Pears (1910-1986).N. p. o. d.

    € 260.00

  • [Alf layla wa-layla]. Kitab Alf layla wa-layla. Vols. I and II.Bulaq, 1835 CE = 1251 H.

    € 300,000.00

  • Martin Heidegger, Philosoph (1889-1976). Eigenh. Briefkarte mit zweifacher U.Freiburg i. Br., 25 Feb 1973.

    € 1,200.00

  • [Dhofar Rebellion]. Know Your Enemy. [I'rif 'aduwak]. Apne Dushman Ko Pehchano.No place, 1971.

    € 4,500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Vasif, Ahmet. Mahasin al-athar wa-haqaiq al-akhbar.Bulaq, 1246 1830.

    € 4,500.00

  • Allaeus, Franciscus. Astrologiae Nova Methodus. Francisci Allaei, Arabis Christiani.Rennes, 1654-1655.

    € 75,000.00

  • [Mattioli, Pietro Andrea]. Original large-format woodblock of Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine).Prague, ca. 1562.

    € 12,500.00

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

    € 950.00