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

  • Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph inscription signed in: Mao Zedong, "Oeuvres choisies de Mao Tse-Toung. …Beijing, 1962.

     500,000.00
  • [Arabic and English vocabulary and phrasebook]. The Interpreter in the Arabic and English Languages, Consisting of Nouns, …N. p., ca. 1830s.

     9,500.00
  • Plath, Sylvia and Ted Hughes, poets (1932-1963 and 1930-1998). Joint autograph letter signed.3 Chalcot Square, London, NW1, 11 Mar 1960.

     28,000.00
  • Coull, Adam / Martin, Elsie. [Photo Album - RAF presence in Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt].Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, 1933-1934.

     9,500.00

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.

     12,500.00
  • Nieuhof, Johannes. Die Gesantschaft der Ost-Indischen Geselschaft in den Vereinigten Niederländern, …Amsterdam, 1669.

     85,000.00
  • Gauguin, Paul, French painter (1848-1903). Autograph letter signed "Paul Gauguin".Tahiti, July 1901.

     75,000.00
  • Hese, Johannes Witte de. Itinerarius Joannis de Hese presbyteri a Hierusalem describens dispositiones …Deventer, 1504.

     45,000.00