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
  • [Abu Dhabi]. Geomorphological map of northern part of Jabal Hafeet, U.A.E.Abu Dhabi, ca. 1970s.

     7,500.00
  • [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
  • [Palestine]. [Photograph album].Palestine, ca. 1890s.

     1,800.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Katib Chelebi (Haji Khalifa/Mustafa ibn Abdallah). Kitab-i Cihânnümâ. [Jihan-numa, The mirror of the world].Constantinople, 3 July 1732.

     150,000.00
  • Géricault, Théodore. Five complete series by the greatest horse painter of 19th century, including …Paris, 1822-1823.

     35,000.00
  • [Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

     9,500.00
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Eigenh. Gedichtmanuskript mit U.O. O., Februar 1825.

     58,000.00