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Rare Books Berlin

18th - 20th September 2026
Rare Books Berlin Poster

Join us at Stand 5

Rare Books Berlin Poster

This September Berlin celebrates the world of antiquarian books with a week-long fair at the unique historical setting of the Kronprinzenpalais on Unter den Linden. Join us at Stand 5.

Shapero Rare Books & Shapero Modern will release our E-Catalogue for Rare Books Berlin in the coming weeks.

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Highlights include the last of the 17th-century editions of Shakespeare's Fourth Folio, Francisco de Goya's Los Caprichos, Erasmus' Moriae Encomium, alongside many other rare books, manuscripts, prints, and artworks.

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