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

  • Nietzsche, Friedrich, German philosopher and poet (1844-1900). Autograph letter signed ("Friedrich Nietzsche").Basel, 27 Sep 1876.

     85,000.00
  • [Indian Care of Horses]. Shalihotra Samhita [Encyclopedia of the physician Shalihotra].Rajasthan, Northwest India, 19th century.

     45,000.00
  • Davoust, Jean, French missionary in Vietnam and Vicar Apostolic of Western Tonkin (1728-1789). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the Vicar Apostolic of Western …Vinh, 28 Feb 1755.

     2,500.00
  • Secretariat General of the League of Arab States. Arab Petroleum Congress. Organized by the Secretariat General of the League …Cairo, 1963.

     750.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Mattioli, Pietro Andrea]. Original large-format woodblock of Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine).Prague, ca. 1562.

     12,500.00
  • [Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

     35,000.00
  • Kauffmann, Angelika, painter (1741-1807). Autograph letter signed.Rome, 18 Nov 1792.

     9,500.00
  • Al-Qabisi, Abu Al Saqr 'Abd Al-'Aziz Ibn 'Uthman Ibn 'Ali (Alchabitius). Libellus isagogicus (Al-madkhal), with the commentary of Johannes de Saxonia …Likely Germany Limburg an der Lahn, 1500-1524.

     165,000.00