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

  • Felder, Cajetan Frh. von, Politiker (1814-1894). Lithogr. Portrait mit eigenh. Widmung und U.Wien, 10 Feb 1883.

     250.00
  • Shippard, William, British naval officer (1764-1856). Arabian Manuscripts of the late Captain Shippard. [And:] Ancient Persia. …England, ca. 1846-1857.

     1,500.00
  • Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Princeton, 6 Oct 1938.

     15,000.00
  • [Arabic dictionary manuscript]. "Vocabularium italico-arabicum". Arabic-Italian dictionary.Probably Egypt, ca. 1770.

     18,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

     75,000.00
  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, French painter and illustrator (1864-1901). Autograph letter monogrammed "HTL".Paris, ca. 1884/1885.

     4,500.00
  • Tusi, Muhamad ibn Muhamad ibn al-Hasan al-. Kitab Uqlidis fi ilm al-handasa [An exposition on mathematics and geometry …Early Safavid Persia, first half of the 16th century.

     45,000.00
  • Klimt, Gustav, painter (1862-1918). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed.Probably Vienna, no date.

     120,000.00