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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

  • Hausegger, Siegmund von, Dirigent und Komponist (1872-1948). Eigenh. Portraitpostkarte mit Notenzitat und U. verso.München, Oktober 1943.

    € 220.00

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

    € 800.00

  • Kekulé von Stradonitz, Stephan, Genealoge, Heraldiker und Jurist (1863-1933). 7 eigenh. Briefe mit U.Groß-Lichterfelde später Berlin, 1898-1910.

    € 800.00

  • Tagore, Sourindro Mohun. Tárávatí: a Tale, translated into English.Calcutta, 1881.

    € 4,500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Schiele, Egon, Maler (1890-1918). Eigenh. Bildpostkarte mit U.Kovácspatak bei Budapest, 29 Jul 1918.

    € 12,000.00

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

    € 12,500.00

  • [Cabala]. Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government: in Letters …London, 1663.

    € 4,500.00

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

    € 12,500.00