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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

  • Freud, Lucian, British painter and draughtsman (1922-2011). Autograph letter signed.4 Delamere Terrace, London, ca. 1960.

    $3,805.00

  • L'Admiral, Jacob. Naauwkeurige waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele insekten …Amsterdam, 1774.

    $9,242.00

  • Lefebvre, Urbain, French missionary in China and Blessed Martyr of the Carmes (1725-1792). Autograph document signed.Macau, 8 Sep 1750.

    $3,805.00

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

    $924.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Ibrâhim Haqqi, Erzurumlu. Marifetname [The Book of Knowledge and Skills].Ottoman Empire, 1235 AH 1819/20 AD.

    $30,443.00

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

    $54,363.00

  • [Hinduism]. Sanskrit scroll.India, Rajasthan, 19th century.

    $3,805.00

  • Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung.Wien, Leipzig, Paris, 1900?.

    $19,571.00