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). "Neue Liebe, Neues Leben". Autograph musical manuscript.Vienna, 1798-1799.

     350,000.00
  • Lees, G[eorge] M[artin]. The Middle East.Oxford, 1953.

     300.00
  • Herz, Henriette, Schriftstellerin (1764-1847). 3 eigenh. Briefe.Wohl Berlin, 1838.

     4,500.00
  • Tagore, Sourindro Mohun. Tárávatí: a Tale, translated into English.Calcutta, 1881.

     4,500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

     400,000.00
  • [DNA structure]. Crick, Francis; Watson, James Dewey; and others. The milestone papers on the structure of DNA in "Nature", vols. 171 and …London, 1953.

     9,500.00
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Autographa.Weimar, Dezember 1811.

     15,000.00
  • Kauffmann, Angelika, painter (1741-1807). Autograph letter signed.Rome, 18 Nov 1792.

     9,500.00