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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

  • Schopenhauer, Arthur, philosopher (1788-1860). Autograph manuscript.No place or date.

    $244,105.00

  • Allaxinus, Jacobus. Medicae aliquot disceptationes eruditissimae, quibus recentiorum & …Paris, 1535.

    $5,425.00

  • Palmerston (3rd Viscount), Henry John Temple, British Prime Minister (1784-1865). Letter signed.London, Foreign Office, 14 Aug 1838.

    $3,255.00

  • Tughrai, al-Husayn ibn Ali al-. Poema Tograi, ex versione latina Jacobii Golii, cum scholiis et notis. …Franeker, 1769.

    $2,712.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $13,561.00

  • Roberts, David. Egypt & Nubia, from Drawings Made on the Spot With Historical Descriptions …London, 1846-1849.

    $103,067.00

  • Liszt, Franz, Komponist und Pianist (1811-1886). Eigenh. Brief mit U. ("F. Liszt").Weimar, 25 Sep 1885.

    $3,797.00

  • Gauguin, Paul, French painter (1848-1903). Autograph letter signed "Paul Gauguin".Tahiti, July 1901.

    $81,368.00