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

  • Humboldt, Alexander von, German naturalist and explorer (1769-1859). Autograph letter signed.Paris, 25 Dec 1830.

    $4,821.00
  • Ibn Sina (Avicenna). Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb [The Canon of Medicine].Eastern Mediterranean, 17th century dated 800 H / 1397/98 in colophon, likely copying the earlier date of a source manuscript.

    $144,644.00
  • (Weill, Kurt) / Anderson, Maxwell. Knickerbocker Holiday.Washington, D.C., 1938.

    $2,679.00
  • Mansur ibn Ilyas. Tashrih-i Mansuri [Mansur's Anatomy].Persia, 19th century.

    $48,215.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Kunstbüchlein]. Reich, Franz Joseph, Austrian artist (d. 1789). Kunstbiechlein in welchem mancherley bewerte unnd aprobierte Firneiß Polloment …Graz, ca. 1730-1788.

    $30,000.00
  • Rilke, Rainer Maria, Dichter (1875-1926). Eigenh. Gedicht mit Widmung und U. in: Ders., Neue Gedichte.Leipzig, 1914.

    $10,179.00
  • [Regulations for pearl fishing in Kuwait]. Qanun al-ghawasin fi'l Kuwayt ("Manual of the [pearl] divers in Kuwait").Kuwait City, 1359 H / AD 1940.

    $9,107.00
  • (Rhau, Georg). Hortulus Animae. Lustgarten der Seelen: Mit schönen lieblichen Figuren.Wittenberg, 1550.

    $9,107.00