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
  • Nizami Ganjavi. Iqbal-nama.Safavid Iran, 1562-1571 CE = 970s H.

     25,000.00
  • [Philatelie]. - Acavalos, Alexandre, chief accountant of the Ottoman Bank (fl. 1890). Copy ledger of 378 autograph letters signed (press copies).Cairo, 1886-1902.

     1,500.00
  • Lees, G[eorge] M[artin] / Richardson, F. D. S. The Geology of the Oil-Field Belt of S.W. Iran and lraq.No place, 1940.

     250.00

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
  • Brentano, Franz, Philosoph und Psychologe (1838-1917). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Aschaffenburg, 6 Feb 1874.

     450.00
  • [Herbarius]. Herbolario volgare, nelquale se dimostra a conoscer le herbe [...].Venice, June 1536.

     4,500.00
  • [Kunstbüchlein]. Kunstbüechlein Gerechten grüntlichen gebrauchs aller kunstbaren Werckleut.Germany, 1557.

     14,000.00