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

  • [Roman inked wooden tablet]. Roman inked wooden tablet.Roman Empire, 4th century AD.

     100,000.00
  • Hifnawy, M. H. El-. Seventh Arab Petroleum Congress: Organized by the Secretariat General of …Cairo, 1970.

     450.00
  • Crick, Francis, Physiker, Molekularbiologe und Nobelpreisträger (1916-2004). Albumblatt mit eigenh. U.O. O. u. D.

     220.00
  • Maragha'i, Rukn al-din Awhadi [known as Awhad al- din Isfahani]. Jam'i Jam [The Cup of Jamshid].Timurid Herat, 1459/60 CE = 863 H.

     750,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Schönberg, Arnold, Austrian composer (1874-1951). Autograph letter signed and autogr. quotation signed.Los Angeles, 15 May 1949.

     2,800.00
  • Mann, Thomas, German writer and Nobel laureate (1875-1955). Typed letter signed.Zürich, 16 Jun 1949.

     4,500.00
  • Haydn, Joseph. Ariana a Naxos. Cantata a Voce Sola. Accompagnata col Clavicembalo o Forte-Piano.London, Juni 1791.

     15,000.00
  • [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.

     8,500.00