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

  • Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1785-1839, ruled 1808-1839). Courier Order (Firman).Constantinople, August 1818 CE = first days of Shawwal 1233 H.

    $3,747.00
  • [Medical manuscript]. Pharmacopoeia.Southern Germany, 18th century.

    $2,997.00
  • Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich, Russian composer (1840-1893). Autograph musical manuscript. "Allegro molto", Dance of the Buffoons (from …Florence, 27 Nov. - 9 Dec. 1878.

    $267,620.00
  • Pettenkoffer, August von / Strassgschwandtner, Josef Anton. Die k. k. Österreich‘sche Armée nach der neuesten Adjustirung.Vienna, ca. 1854.

    $3,747.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Ships Logs] - F. R. Openshaw, Royal Navy midshipman (fl. 1900s). "Log of H. M. Ships Highflyer & Hyacinth". Autograph manuscript logs …Indian Ocean and the Gulf, 1902-1904.

    $101,696.00
  • Malpiere, D. Bazin de. La Chine, moeurs, usages, costumes, arts et métiers, peines civiles et …Paris, 1825-1827.

    $48,172.00
  • [Thuroczy, Janos]. Der Hungern Chronica inhaltend wie sie anfengklich ins land kommen sind, …Vienna, 1534.

    $9,099.00
  • Megiser, Hieronymus. Institutionum linguae Turcicae, libri quatuor [...].Leipzig and Breslau, 1612.

    $62,088.00