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

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

     6,500.00
  • Harawi, Jalal al-Din al-Qayini al-. Qawami' al-dhunub fi Bayan Afat al-Shahwah al-Kubra [The Supressor of Sins: …Herat, 1430 CE = 833 H.

     45,000.00
  • Carlson, Evans, American Navy military observer in China (1896-1947). Typed letter signed.Hankou, 27 Aug 1938.

     3,500.00
  • [Medical manuscript]. Pharmacopoeia.Southern Germany, 18th century.

     2,800.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Vesalius, Andreas. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem.Basel, June 1543.

     350,000.00
  • [United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

     35,000.00
  • 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.

     150,000.00
  • Megiser, Hieronymus. Institutionum linguae Turcicae, libri quatuor [...].Leipzig and Breslau, 1612.

     58,000.00