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

  • Henriques, António José, Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr in China (1707-1748). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the Chinese Jesuit Manuel de Moraes.Zhenjiang, 25 Jun 1744.

    $9,239.00
  • Boccaccio, Giovanni. Il Filocopo […] Di nuovo riveduto, corretto, & alla sua vera lettione …Venice, 1554.

    $2,446.00
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich, German philosopher and poet (1844-1900). Autograph letter signed ("Friedrich Nietzsche").Basel, 27 Sep 1876.

    $92,389.00
  • Laurent, Jean (photographer). Photograph album of Spain.Madrid, 1870s.

    $38,042.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Rowling, J[oanne] K., English writer (b. 1965). Original miniature manuscript.N. p., 2004.

    $163,039.00
  • Kauffmann, Angelika, painter (1741-1807). Autograph letter signed.Rome, 18 Nov 1792.

    $10,326.00
  • Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China (1866-1925). Autograph letter signed ("Y-S Sun").Canton Guangzhou, 29 Nov 1921.

    $163,039.00
  • Schiele, Egon, Maler (1890-1918). Eigenh. Bildpostkarte mit U.Kovácspatak bei Budapest, 29 Jul 1918.

    $13,043.00