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

  • Gaubil, Antoine, Jesuit missionary, astronomer, and historian at the Imperial Court in Beijing (1689-1759). "Catalogue pour la lune et les 5 planètes". Autograph manuscript.Beijing, 1735.

     28,000.00
  • Ghaznavi, Zaher al-Din Abul Muhammad ibn Masud al-. Kifayat al-ta'lim fi sina'at al-tanjim.Persia or Central Asia, 1708/09 CE = 1120 H.

     9,500.00
  • Keynes, John Maynard, British economist (1883-1946). Typed letter signed ("JM Keynes").London, 22 Jun 1925.

     7,500.00
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van. Fidelio. Eine große Oper in 2 Aufzugen [!] im vollständigen, einzig-rechtmäßigen …Vienna, 1814.

     9,500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Zweig, Stefan. Die frühen Kränze.Leipzig, 1906.

     1,800.00
  • Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

     120,000.00
  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

     400,000.00
  • [Football Collection]. An Outstanding Collection of Books About Football, Removed From the Library …Various places, 1580-2014.

     350,000.00