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
  • Andalus, Abu-I-Hassan Ali ibn Abd-ar-Rahman al-Farazi al- (Ibn Hudayl) / Mercier, Louis (transl. and ed.). L’Ornement des âmes et la devise des habitants d’el Andalus.Paris, 1939.

     2,500.00
  • Celan, Paul, Romanian born German-language poet (1920-1970). "Chanson einer Dame im Schatten". Autograph poem signed ("Paul Celan").Paris, August 1949.

     15,000.00
  • Ibn al-Rami al-Banna, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim. Kitab al-I'lan bi-Ahkam al-Bunyan.North Africa, late 18th century CE.

     15,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

     15,000.00
  • Sulayman al-Tajir / Abu Zaid Hasan ibn Yazid, al-Sirafi / Renaudot, Eusèbe (ed.). [Silsilat al-tawarik - Italian]. Antiche relazioni dell' Indie, e della …Bologna, 1749.

     9,500.00
  • [Regulations for pearl fishing in Kuwait]. Qanun al-ghawasin fi'l Kuwayt ("Manual of the [pearl] divers in Kuwait").Kuwait City, 1359 H / AD 1940.

     8,500.00
  • Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

     38,000.00