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

  • Heine, Heinrich, Dichter (1797-1856). Brief mit eigenh. U. ("Heinrich Hein[e]").Paris, 1 Nov 1850.

    $19,286.00
  • Abdülaziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1830-1876, ruled 1861-1876). Ottoman Izn-i Sefine [Sailing Permission] Firman.Konstantiniyye Istanbul, 13 November 1873 CE = 20 Sab'an 1873.

    $3,750.00
  • Matisse, Henri, French artist (1869-1954). Portrait postcard inscribed and signed.No place, 12 Mar 1942.

    $6,964.00
  • [India - Varanasi]. [Guide to Benares].Delhi, 1896.

    $857.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • La Fontaine, Jean de, French writer (1621-1695). Autograph document signed "De la fontaine".No place, 5 Jan 1660.

    $16,072.00
  • Mann, Thomas, German writer and Nobel laureate (1875-1955). Typed letter signed.Zürich, 16 Jun 1949.

    $4,821.00
  • Wagner, Richard, Komponist (1813-1883). Portraitphotographie mit eigenh. Widmung als vollständiges Notenmanuskript …Wien, 1861.

    $32,143.00
  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

    $428,576.00