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

  • Pauli, Wolfgang, Austrian-born, Swiss theoretical physicist; winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics. 2 autograph postcards signed ("Pauli").Goettingen, 15 and 17 Dec. 1921.

    $9,242.00
  • [Lazzat Un Nisa]. Laddhat un-nisa [The Pleasure of Women].Northern India, ca. 1820s / early 19th century.

    $19,571.00
  • Buck, Pearl S., American novelist, Nobel laureate (1892-1973). Typed letter signed ("Pearl S. Buck").Perkasie, Pennsylvania, 3 Nov 1952.

    $435.00
  • 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

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

    $13,591.00
  • Hoffmann, E. T. A., writer (1776-1822). Autograph letter signed ("Hoffmann").Berlin, 21 Jul 1816.

    $30,443.00
  • Montaigne, Michel de. Essais de Messire Michel Seigneur de Montaigne, Chevalier de l'Ordre du …Bordeaux, 1580.

    $489,265.00
  • Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph inscription signed in: Mao Zedong, "Hsin min-chu-chu-i lun" ("On …No place, 1942.

    $1,087,256.00