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

  • Schopenhauer, Arthur, German philosopher (1788-1860). Autograph letter signed.Postmark: Frankfurt, 24 April 1849.

     15,000.00
  • [Qur'an]. A large, early Ottoman or Pre-Ottoman (probably Qaramanid) Qur'an.Turkey, ca. 1500 / 15th-16th century CE.

     85,000.00
  • Andersen, Hans Christian, Danish poet (1805-1875). Lykke Peer. With autograph inscription signed.Copenhagen, 1870.

     15,000.00
  • Sadr al-sharia ('Ubayd-Allah ibn Mas'ud al-Mahbubi). Al-Talwih ila Kashf Haqa'iq al-Tanqih.Central Asia / Iran, 1357 CE = 758 H.

     28,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

     120,000.00
  • Nieuhof, Johannes. Die Gesantschaft der Ost-Indischen Geselschaft in den Vereinigten Niederländern, …Amsterdam, 1669.

     85,000.00
  • Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

     45,000.00
  • (Harsdörffer, Georg Philipp). Vollständig vermehrtes Trincir-Buch, Handlend: I. Von den Tafeldecken, …Nuremberg, 1654.

     4,500.00