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

  • Celan, Paul, Romanian born German-language poet (1920-1970). "Chanson einer Dame im Schatten". Autograph poem signed ("Paul Celan").Paris, August 1949.

    $16,057.00
  • Quzman, Ibn / Günzburg, David Goratsiyevich. Le diwan d’Ibn Guzman. Texte, traduction, commentaire enrichi de considerations …Berlin, 1896.

    $8,029.00
  • Burton, Richard Francis, English explorer and diplomat (1821-1890). 10 autograph letters signed and one autograph postcard signed ("R.F. Burton", …London, Trieste and Geneva, 27 May 1882 to 12 May 1884, 8 November 1888, and no date.

    $48,172.00
  • Wollaston, Arthur N. The Sword of Islam.London, 1905.

    $375.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Celan, Paul, German-language poet (1920-1970). Todesfuge. Typescript signed ("Paul Celan").Probably Bucharest, c. 1946?.

    $26,762.00
  • Katib Chelebi (Haji Khalifa/Mustafa ibn Abdallah). Kitab-i Cihânnümâ. [Jihan-numa, The mirror of the world].Constantinople, 3 July 1732.

    $160,572.00
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Eigenh. Gedichtmanuskript mit U.O. O., Februar 1825.

    $62,088.00
  • (Harsdörffer, Georg Philipp). Vollständig vermehrtes Trincir-Buch, Handlend: I. Von den Tafeldecken, …Nuremberg, 1654.

    $4,817.00