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

  • [Chinese rites controversy, Vicariate of Western Tonkin.] - Huan, François, Vietnamese missionary (fl. 1750). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the Vicar Apostolic of Western …Tonkin, 20 Dec 1750.

    $4,282.00
  • Laurent, Jean (photographer). Photograph album of Spain.Madrid, 1870s.

    $37,467.00
  • [Roman inked wooden tablet]. Roman inked wooden tablet.Roman Empire, 4th century AD.

    $107,048.00
  • Qaysari, 'Abd al-Muhsin al-. Sharh al-'Arud al-Andalusi.Medina, Nejd, Ottoman Empire, Sept. 1734 CE = Rabi' al-Thani 1147 H.

    $10,170.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Géricault, Théodore. Five complete series by the greatest horse painter of 19th century, including …Paris, 1822-1823.

    $37,467.00
  • Schubert, Franz, composer (1797-1828). Collection of three engraved cores: Op. 1 (Erlkönig), 2 (Gretchen am Spinnrade), …Vienna, 1821-1827.

    $8,029.00
  • Kafka, Franz, Schriftsteller (1883-1924). Eigenh. Postkarte mit U. ("K").Prag, 23. II. 1922.

    $40,678.00
  • [Regulations for pearl fishing in Kuwait]. Qanun al-ghawasin fi'l Kuwayt ("Manual of the [pearl] divers in Kuwait").Kuwait City, 1359 H / AD 1940.

    $9,099.00