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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

  • [Falconry - Sancho I of Mallorca]. Invoice document (albarán) for falconry expenses.No place, 1320.

    € 85,000.00

  • [Indian Care of Horses]. Shalihotra Samhita [Encyclopedia of the physician Shalihotra].Rajasthan, Northwest India, 19th century.

    € 45,000.00

  • Lefebvre, Urbain, French missionary in China and Blessed Martyr of the Carmes (1725-1792). Autograph document signed.Macau, 8 Sep 1750.

    € 3,500.00

  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward, British explorer, intelligence officer, and writer (1888-1935). Autograph letter signed. ("TEShaw").No place, 2 May 1930.

    € 6,500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Astrological Volvelle]. [Dell' hore planetarie].Italy Genoa?, ca. 1650?.

    € 12,500.00

  • Ferdinand I., röm.-dt. Kaiser (1503-1564), hier noch als Erzherzog. Gewaltbrief mit eigenh. U.Wien, 4 Nov 1526.

    € 6,500.00

  • [Maurer- und Steinmetzbuch des Bezirks Neusiedl am See]. Register Eines Ehrsammen Handt-Werchs der Steinmetzen und Maurer, im Königlichen …Neusiedl, 1679-1831.

    € 4,500.00

  • Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Programmzettel mit eigenh. U. ("Mahler").Wohl Wien, 13 Feb 1902.

    € 8,500.00