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

  • Halbe, Max, Schriftsteller (1865-1944). Eigenh. Brief mit U. und eh. Gedichtmanuskript mit U.München und o. O., 05.06.1904 und o. D.

     220.00
  • Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber). Al-Durrah al-Yatimah [The Orphan Pearl on the Precious Art of Chemistry].No place Syria?, 20 Jan. 1756 CE = 17 Rabi II 1169 H.

     75,000.00
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Die Leiden des jungen Werther. Neue Ausgabe, von dem Dichter selbst eingeleitet.Leipzig, 1825 but: 1824.

     65,000.00
  • Sururi, Muslihaddin Mustafa b. Sha'ban al-. Sharh Gulistan [Commentary on the Rose Garden].Ottoman Turkey, ca. 1700 / 17th century CE.

     18,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Mann, Thomas, German writer and Nobel laureate (1875-1955). Typed letter signed.Zürich, 16 Jun 1949.

     4,500.00
  • Boniface VIII, Pope (ca 1230-1303). Letter of indulgence for the church "Beati Nicolai" at the monastery of …St Peter, Rome, 1298.

     25,000.00
  • Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

     38,000.00
  • Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus. [De architectura libri decem].Venice, 22 May 1511.

     75,000.00