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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

  • Einstein, Albert, German-born physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Princeton, New Jersey, 21 Apr 1942.

    $12,857.00

  • Campbell, Alexander Duncan. A Dictionary of the Teloogoo Language, Commonly Termed the Gentoo, Peculiar …Madras, 1821.

    $10,179.00

  • Beethoven, Ludwig van, composer (1770-1827). Autograph sketchleaf for op. 117, "König Stephan" ("Ungarns erster Wohltäter").Teplitz, 1811.

    $375,004.00

  • [Medical manuscript]. Pharmacopoeia.Southern Germany, 18th century.

    $3,000.00

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What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus. [De architectura libri decem].Venice, 22 May 1511.

    $80,358.00

  • Ptolemaeus, Claudius [translated by Angelus, Jacobus, edited by Germanus, Nicolaus]. [Russia, Black Sea] Octava Europe tabula.Ulm, 16 Jul 1482.

    $53,572.00

  • Boniface VIII, Pope (ca 1230-1303). Letter of indulgence for the church "Beati Nicolai" at the monastery of …St Peter, Rome, 1298.

    $26,786.00

  • Al-Qabisi, Abu Al Saqr 'Abd Al-'Aziz Ibn 'Uthman Ibn 'Ali (Alchabitius). Libellus isagogicus (Al-madkhal), with the commentary of Johannes de Saxonia …Likely Germany Limburg an der Lahn, 1500-1524.

    $176,788.00