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

  • [Roman inked wooden tablet]. Roman inked wooden tablet.Roman Empire, 4th century CE.

     95,000.00
  • Jawdat, Al-Sayyid. Muhadarat Kubri al-Khidiwi Isma'il (Kubri Qas al-Nil). [Lecture on the …Misr Cairo, 1932.

     300.00
  • Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, French statesman and military officer (1757-1834), hero of the American Revolutionary War. Autograph letter signed.Sarreguemines Saargemünd, 13 Jul 1785.

     6,500.00
  • Sururi, Muslihaddin Mustafa b. Sha'ban al-. Sharh Gulistan [Commentary on the Rose Garden].Ottoman Turkey, ca. 1700 / 17th century CE.

     18,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Austrian philosopher (1889-1951). Autograph picture postcard signed.Cambridge, 28. II. 1929.

     2,500.00
  • Megiser, Hieronymus. Institutionum linguae Turcicae, libri quatuor [...].Leipzig and Breslau, 1612.

     58,000.00
  • [Regulations for pearl fishing in Kuwait]. Qanun al-ghawasin fi'l Kuwayt ("Manual of the [pearl] divers in Kuwait").Kuwait City, 1359 H / AD 1940.

     8,500.00
  • Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

     7,000.00