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

  • Schopenhauer, Arthur, German philosopher (1788-1860). Autograph letter signed.Postmark: Frankfurt, 24 April 1849.

    $16,249.00
  • Cooley, William Desborough. The Negroland of the Arabs Examined and Explained.London, 1841.

    $4,333.00
  • Powell, Earl "Bud", American jazz pianist and composer (1924-1966). Signed contract.New York, 26 Jul 1949.

    $4,875.00
  • Cooley, William Desborough. Inner Africa Laid Open.London, 1852.

    $2,166.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

    $48,746.00
  • Monterchi, Giuseppe. Rariora maximi moduli numismata selecta ex bibliotheca eminentiss. & …Amsterdam, 1685.

    $628.00
  • Vesalius, Andreas. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem.Basel, June 1543.

    $379,137.00
  • (Harsdörffer, Georg Philipp). Vollständig vermehrtes Trincir-Buch, Handlend: I. Von den Tafeldecken, …Nuremberg, 1654.

    $4,875.00