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.

    $380,539.00
  • Ibn al-Bazyar, Muhammed ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar / Abu Ma'shar Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Balkhi (Albumasar). Kitab al-milal wa 'l-duwal [Religions and Dynasties].Central Asia, 1716 CE = 1128 H.

    $48,926.00
  • [Philatelie]. - Acavalos, Alexandre, chief accountant of the Ottoman Bank (fl. 1890). Copy ledger of 378 autograph letters signed (press copies).Cairo, 1886-1902.

    $1,631.00
  • [Qur'an]. Manuscript Qur'an.Kashmir, 19th century CE.

    $10,329.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

    $38,054.00
  • Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Programmzettel mit eigenh. U. ("Mahler").Wohl Wien, 13 Feb 1902.

    $9,242.00
  • Gauguin, Paul, French painter (1848-1903). Autograph letter signed "Paul Gauguin".Tahiti, July 1901.

    $81,544.00
  • 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.

    $163,088.00