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

  • Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, Dichter (1874-1929). Eigenh. Briefkarte mit U.Rodaun, 13. XII. 1915?.

    $536.00
  • 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
  • Herzog, Maurice, French mountaineer (1919-2012). Typed letter signed.Paris, 19 Jun 1959.

    $375.00
  • Ginguené, Pierre Louis. Histoire littéraire d'Italie.Paris, 1811-1812.

    $375.00

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.

    $428,576.00
  • Montaigne, Michel de. Essais de Messire Michel Seigneur de Montaigne, Chevalier de l'Ordre du …Bordeaux, 1580.

    $482,148.00
  • Géricault, Théodore. Five complete series by the greatest horse painter of 19th century, including …Paris, 1822-1823.

    $37,500.00
  • [DNA structure]. Crick, Francis; Watson, James Dewey; and others. The milestone papers on the structure of DNA in "Nature", vols. 171 and …London, 1953.

    $10,179.00