A scholarly letter from Einstein to the young prodigy mathematician Ernst G. Straus.
We are offering this letter and over 80 other autographs in our 604th auction, rare books and manuscripts, on May 18, 2026.

A manuscript of art-historical significance, illuminated by the incunabula printer and illuminator Johannes Bämler. Offered in our 604th auction, rare books and manuscripts, on May 18, 2026.

A complete copy of Linschoten’s travelogue, including the rare Arctic map by W. Barents. Offered in our 604th auction, rare books and manuscripts, on May 18, 2026.

With just 11 strokes, Picasso captures the entire world of bullfighting. A multicolored, signed original drawing from 1964 offered in our 604th auction, rare books and manuscripts, on May 18, 2026.

A handwritten letter from the great philosopher to school inspector Samuel Gottlieb Wald. Offered in our 604th auction, rare books and manuscripts, on May 18, 2026.

First edition of the rare *Merz* magazine No. 11 by Kurt Schwitters from 1924—a milestone in modern advertising design. Offered in our 604th auction, rare books and manuscripts, on May 18, 2026.

A very early, magnificent letter from Goethe to his poet friend Heinrich Christian Boie, written just under three months after the publication of Werther. Offered in our 604th auction, rare books and manuscripts, on May 18, 2026.

 

Latin manuscript on vellum, of greatest rarity.
Offered in our Auction 509 Rare Books and Manuscripts on 30 November 2020.

The Book of Books from Gutenberg's press - Printed in 1462, seven years after the Gutenberg bible, the great bible by Gutenberg's successors Fust and Schöffer is considered the finest masterwork in the first decades of book printing