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

  • [Sumerian Foundation Cone]. Cuneiform foundation cone dating to the reign of Ishme-Dagan.Southern Mesopotamia, 1953-1935 BCE.

     9,500.00
  • Fiammelli, Giovanni Francesco. Il principe difeso [...]. Nel quale si tratta di fortificazione, oppugnazione, …Rome, 1604.

     2,500.00
  • Stanley, Henry Morton, African explorer (1841-1904). Album leaf signed.Paris, 28 Aug 1891.

     800.00
  • Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth, Ecclesiasticall …London, 1651.

     45,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

     58,000.00
  • [Astronomy]. Astronomical manuscript in Arabic.No place, late 18th century ca. 1785 CE / 1200 H.

     12,500.00
  • Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph inscription signed in: Mao Zedong, "Hsin min-chu-chu-i lun" ("On …No place, 1942.

     1,000,000.00
  • [Kunstbüchlein]. Kunstbüechlein Gerechten grüntlichen gebrauchs aller kunstbaren Werckleut.Germany, 1557.

     14,000.00