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.

     3,500.00
  • Hawley, D[onald] F[rederick]. Courtesies in the Trucial States.Beirut, 1965.

     650.00
  • Freud, Sigmund, Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis (1856-1939). Autograph letter signed ("Freud").Vienna, 28 Jul 1927.

     22,000.00
  • [Yalta Conference]. Al-Ithnayn wa-al-dunya. No. 559.Cairo, February 1945.

     500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Yuhanna (Yahya) Abu Zakariya ibn Masawaih (Mesue). De re medica, libri tres. Jacobo Sylvio medico interprete.Paris, 1544.

     28,000.00
  • Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

     7,000.00
  • [Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

     9,500.00
  • Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Programmzettel mit eigenh. U. ("Mahler").Wohl Wien, 13 Feb 1902.

     8,500.00