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). Autograph sketchleaf for op. 117, "König Stephan" ("Ungarns erster Wohltäter").Teplitz, 1811.

    $374,668.00
  • Mansur ibn Ilyas. Tashrih-i Mansuri [Mansur's Anatomy].Persia, 19th century.

    $48,172.00
  • Hemingway, Ernest, American writer and Nobel Laureate (1899-1961). Autograph letter signed.Paris, 6 November 1933.

    $16,057.00
  • Chacón, Alfonso. De signis sanctissimae crucis [...] tractatus.Rome, 1591.

    $8,029.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [La Pira, Gioacchino, Italian painter (active 1839-1870) - attrib.]. A group of ten masterly gouaches of Naples and surroundings from the collection …Naples, ca. 1855-1866.

    $133,810.00
  • Mann, Thomas, German writer and Nobel laureate (1875-1955). Typed letter signed.Zürich, 16 Jun 1949.

    $4,817.00
  • (Harsdörffer, Georg Philipp). Vollständig vermehrtes Trincir-Buch, Handlend: I. Von den Tafeldecken, …Nuremberg, 1654.

    $4,817.00
  • [British Army]. Exercise Gulf.Headquarters Army Emergency Reserve, Longmoor, Hants., 1959.

    $2,141.00