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

  • Pedrini, Teodorico, Italian missionary, musician, and composer at the Imperial Court in Beijing (1671-1746). Autograph letter signed.Jehol Chengde, 20 Oct 1714.

     12,500.00
  • [Aerial photography - UAE]. Ras Al Khaimah. United Arab Emirates.Beirut, 1976.

     3,500.00
  • [Shaw, George Bernard.] Karsh, Yousuf. Portrait of George Bernard Shaw playing the spinet with Blanche Patch, …Prob. London, ca. 1948.

     2,000.00
  • Khalidi, Thabet. The Rising Tide of Terror, or Three Years of an "Armistice" in the Holy …Amman, Jordan, February, 1952.

     2,500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • La Fontaine, Jean de, French writer (1621-1695). Autograph document signed "De la fontaine".No place, 5 Jan 1660.

     15,000.00
  • Pierotti, Ermete, Italian engineer, topographer and archaeologist (1820-1880). "Le Mont Moria". Album of original photographs and manuscript plans of …Jerusalem, February/March 1861.

     90,000.00
  • San Román de Ribadeneyra, Antonio de. Historia general de ly Yndia Oriental. Los descobrimientos, y conquistas …Valladolid, 1603.

     58,000.00
  • Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

     45,000.00