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

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

    $375.00
  • Chao, Ju-Kua / Hirth, Friedrich / Rockhill, W. W. Chau Ju-Kua: His Work on the Chinese and Arab Trade in the Twelfth and …St Petersburg, 1911.

    $1,927.00
  • Hilton, William, English painter (1786-1839). A collection of letters and notes: 6 autograph letters signed, 5 autograph …Various places, 1816-1830.

    $2,676.00
  • Hawley, D[onald] F[rederick]. Courtesies in the Trucial States.Beirut, 1965.

    $696.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Schubert, Franz, composer (1797-1828). Collection of three engraved cores: Op. 1 (Erlkönig), 2 (Gretchen am Spinnrade), …Vienna, 1821-1827.

    $8,029.00
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Eigenh. Gedichtmanuskript mit U.O. O., Februar 1825.

    $62,088.00
  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

    $428,192.00
  • [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