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

  • Britten, Benjamin, English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976). Autograph signature, co-signed by Sir Peter Pears (1910-1986).N. p. o. d.

     260.00
  • [Protectorate of Aden]. [Sketchbook of watercolour views of Aden].Aden and Karachi, 1875.

     28,000.00
  • Gil de Frederich y Sans, Francesco, Saint, Spanish Dominican missionary in Vietnam (1702-1745). Document with 5 autograph lines signed.Tonkin Hanoi, 5 Jul 1744.

     2,500.00
  • [Qur'an]. An Ottoman Qur'an manuscript.Ottoman Turkey, 18th century CE.

     18,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

     400,000.00
  • [Saud ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud]. The picture story of a memorable visit to the United States by His Majesty …No place or publisher, 1957.

     4,500.00
  • Tusi, Muhamad ibn Muhamad ibn al-Hasan al-. Kitab Uqlidis fi ilm al-handasa [An exposition on mathematics and geometry …Early Safavid Persia, first half of the 16th century.

     45,000.00
  • [Biblia arabica - NT]. Evangelium Sanctum Domini nostri Iesu Christi conscriptum a quatuor Evangelistis …Rome, 1590-1591.

     28,000.00