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

  • Edison, Thomas Alva, American inventor and businessman (1847-1931). Autograph letter signed ("TaE").No place, "Sunday" August 1901.

     25,000.00
  • [Protectorate of Aden]. [Sketchbook of watercolour views of Aden].Aden and Karachi, 1875.

     28,000.00
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Die Leiden des jungen Werther. Neue Ausgabe, von dem Dichter selbst eingeleitet.Leipzig, 1825 but: 1824.

     65,000.00
  • Tusi, Nasir al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-. Kitab ad-darb wa'l-qisma fi 'ilm al-jabr wa al-hisab [On multiplication …Probably Persia, 14th/15th century CE.

     35,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

     15,000.00
  • Mao Zedong, Chinese statesman (1893-1976). Autograph album signed by Mao Zedong and Chou Enlai.Beijing, 8 Jan 1963.

     250,000.00
  • Gauguin, Paul, French painter (1848-1903). Autograph letter signed "Paul Gauguin".Tahiti, July 1901.

     75,000.00
  • [Zanzibar]. The Gazette for Zanzibar.Zanzibar, 1912-13, 1918 and 1920.

     25,000.00