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

  • [Kafka, Franz, writer (1883-1924)]. Busse, Ludwig. Geist und Körper, Seele und Leib.Leipzig, 1903.

    $37,972.00
  • Qastallani, Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-. Irshad al-sari li-sharh Sahih al-Bukhari.Egypt, 18th century CE.

    $19,528.00
  • Britten, Benjamin, English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976). Autograph signature, co-signed by Sir Peter Pears (1910-1986).N. p. o. d.

    $282.00
  • Maragha'i, Rukn al-din Awhadi [known as Awhad al- din Isfahani]. Jam'i Jam [The Cup of Jamshid].Timurid Herat, 1459/60 CE = 863 H.

    $813,685.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Petrini, Paolo. [Wall Maps of the World and Four Continents].Naples, ca. 1700.

    $520,758.00
  • [Kunstbüchlein]. Reich, Franz Joseph, Austrian artist (d. 1789). Kunstbiechlein in welchem mancherley bewerte unnd aprobierte Firneiß Polloment …Graz, ca. 1730-1788.

    $30,378.00
  • Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

    $130,190.00
  • Wodehouse, P[elham] G[renville], English writer (1881-1975). Autograph letter signed.Le Touquet, 12 Feb 1936.

    $1,627.00