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
  • [Bahrain & Oman]. Whish, R[ichard] W[illiam]. Memoir on Bahreyn. (And:) Pengelly, W. M. Remarks on a Portion of the Eastern …Bombay, 1863.

     15,000.00
  • Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, French statesman and military officer (1757-1834), hero of the American Revolutionary War. Autograph letter signed.Sarreguemines Saargemünd, 13 Jul 1785.

     6,500.00
  • [Yemen]. Manuscript map of administrative divisions and wadis of Yemen.No place, ca. 1970s.

     800.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Hoffmann, E. T. A., writer (1776-1822). Autograph letter signed ("Hoffmann").Berlin, 21 Jul 1816.

     28,000.00
  • La Fontaine, Jean de, French writer (1621-1695). Autograph document signed "De la fontaine".No place, 5 Jan 1660.

     15,000.00
  • [Hinduism]. Sanskrit scroll.India, Rajasthan, 19th century.

     3,500.00
  • Rilke, Rainer Maria, Dichter (1875-1926). Eigenh. Gedicht mit Widmung und U. in: Ders., Neue Gedichte.Leipzig, 1914.

     9,500.00