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

  • Carlson, Evans, American military observer in China (1896-1947). Archive of an American military observer in China.China and California, 1939-1940.

    $16,106.00
  • Sauvaire, H[enry] / J. de Rey-Pailhade. Sur une mère d'astrolabe Arabe du XIIIe siècle (609 de l'Hégire) portant …Paris, 1893.

    $483.00
  • Powell, Earl "Bud", American jazz pianist and composer (1924-1966). Signed contract.New York, 26 Jul 1949.

    $4,832.00
  • Shirazi, Qutb al-Din Mahmud al- / (Ibn Sina [Avicenna]). Al-Tuhfat al-Sa‘diya fi-t-tibb [Sa‘d’s gift to medicine].Persia, 17th century CE.

    $26,844.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Haydn, Joseph. Ariana a Naxos. Cantata a Voce Sola. Accompagnata col Clavicembalo o Forte-Piano.London, Juni 1791.

    $16,106.00
  • Megiser, Hieronymus. Institutionum linguae Turcicae, libri quatuor [...].Leipzig and Breslau, 1612.

    $62,277.00
  • Malpiere, D. Bazin de. La Chine, moeurs, usages, costumes, arts et métiers, peines civiles et …Paris, 1825-1827.

    $48,318.00
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Austrian philosopher (1889-1951). Autograph picture postcard signed.Cambridge, 28. II. 1929.

    $2,684.00