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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.

    $103,241.00

  • [Dominicus de St. Thomae (Dominique Ottoman), Dominican friar (ca. 1639-1676)]. Le vray portrait de frere Dominique Ottoman fils d'Hibrahim premier Empereur …No place, 1664.

    $1,630.00

  • Gil de Frederich y Sans, Francesco, Saint, Spanish Dominican missionary in Vietnam (1702-1745). Document with 5 autograph lines signed.Tonkin Hanoi, 5 Jul 1744.

    $2,717.00

  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward, British explorer, intelligence officer, and writer (1888-1935). Autograph letter signed. ("TEShaw").No place, 2 May 1930.

    $7,064.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Eigenh. Gedichtmanuskript mit U.O. O., Februar 1825.

    $63,031.00

  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, poet (1749-1832). "Die Feier des siebenten Novembers 1825 | Dankbar zu erwiedern [!]". Broadsheet …No place, 1832.

    $4,890.00

  • Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph album signed by Mao Zedong and Chou Enlai.Beijing, 8 Jan 1963.

    $271,687.00

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

    $8,151.00