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

  • Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian historian of the New World (1457-1526). Autograph receipt of funds, signed in full.Milan, 6 Nov 1515.

    $69,581.00
  • [Dubai]. Guide to Dubai - Map.Dubai, 1973.

    $9,099.00
  • [Mehmed V Resad, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1918, ruled 1909-1918)]. Berat certificate for Mustafa Cemil Bey.Kostantiniyye Istanbul, 26 Nov. 1911 CE = 4 Zilhijja 1329.

    $8,564.00
  • [Spain - Photography]. Garzón Rodríguez, Rafael. Toledo - Córdoba - Granada.Toledo, Córdoba, Granada, 1890.

    $29,973.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Eigenh. Gedichtmanuskript mit U.O. O., Februar 1825.

    $62,088.00
  • Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita.Paris, August 1955.

    $4,817.00
  • [Qur'an Juz' - China]. An illuminated Qur'an, Juz' XX, written in Beijing by a Muslim woman.Khanbaliq Cambaluc, Beijing, 10 Nov. 1623 CE = 17 Muharram 1033 H.

    $133,810.00
  • Schubert, Franz, composer (1797-1828). Collection of three engraved cores: Op. 1 (Erlkönig), 2 (Gretchen am Spinnrade), …Vienna, 1821-1827.

    $8,029.00