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

  • [Roman inked wooden tablet]. Roman inked wooden tablet.Roman Empire, 4th century AD.

    $107,175.00
  • [Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1932-2016)]. 5 original photographs.Qatar, ca. 1980s.

    $482.00
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich, German philosopher and poet (1844-1900). Autograph letter signed ("Friedrich Nietzsche").Basel, 27 Sep 1876.

    $91,099.00
  • [Yalta Conference]. Al-Ithnayn wa-al-dunya. No. 559.Cairo, February 1945.

    $536.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [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.

    $133,969.00
  • [DNA structure]. Crick, Francis; Watson, James Dewey; and others. The milestone papers on the structure of DNA in "Nature", vols. 171 and …London, 1953.

    $10,182.00
  • San Román de Ribadeneyra, Antonio de. Historia general de ly Yndia Oriental. Los descobrimientos, y conquistas …Valladolid, 1603.

    $62,162.00
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Eigenh. Gedichtmanuskript mit U.O. O., Februar 1825.

    $62,162.00