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

  • Beethoven, Ludwig van, composer (1770-1827). Autograph sketchleaf for op. 117, "König Stephan" ("Ungarns erster Wohltäter").Teplitz, 1811.

    $374,579.00
  • (Dawani, Jalal al-Din al- / Iji, 'Adudaddin ibn Ahmad al-). Hawashi Sharh al-'Aqa'id al-Adudiyya. [Notes on the commentary on the creed …Ottoman Empire, after 1656 CE.

    $8,027.00
  • [Falconry - Jaume III of Mallorca]. Invoice document (albarán) for falconry expenses.No place, 1337?.

    $13,378.00
  • [Qur'an - excerpts]. Warner, Levin. Compendium historicum eorum quae Muhammedani de Christo et praecipuis aliquot …Leiden, 1643.

    $4,816.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [British Army]. Exercise Gulf.Headquarters Army Emergency Reserve, Longmoor, Hants., 1959.

    $2,140.00
  • [Goethe & Schiller] - Schiller, Friedrich von, (1759-1805) und Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832), deutsche Dichter. Albumblatt mit eigenh. Einträgen beider Dichter.O. O., zwischen 1796 und 1805, bzw. Weimar, 25 Jun 1823.

    $62,073.00
  • [Astronomy]. Astronomical manuscript in Arabic.No place, late 18th century ca. 1785 CE / 1200 H.

    $13,378.00
  • Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

    $48,160.00