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

  • [Kafka, Franz, writer (1883-1924)]. Busse, Ludwig. Geist und Körper, Seele und Leib.Leipzig, 1903.

     35,000.00
  • [Quadrant]. Paper-covered wood showing coloured scales.Ottoman Empire, 19th century.

     1,500.00
  • Lefebvre, Urbain, French missionary in China and Blessed Martyr of the Carmes (1725-1792). Autograph document signed.Macau, 8 Sep 1750.

     3,500.00
  • [Lazzat Un Nisa]. Laddhat un-nisa [The Pleasure of Women].Northern India, ca. 1820s / early 19th century.

     18,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung als vollständiges Notenmanuskript …Wien, 1861.

     30,000.00
  • Schubert, Franz, composer (1797-1828). Collection of three engraved cores: Op. 1 (Erlkönig), 2 (Gretchen am Spinnrade), …Vienna, 1821-1827.

     7,500.00
  • Petrini, Paolo. [Wall Maps of the World and Four Continents].Naples, ca. 1700.

     480,000.00
  • Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China (1866-1925). Autograph letter signed ("Y-S Sun").Canton Guangzhou, 29 Nov 1921.

     150,000.00