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

  • Gaubil, Antoine, Jesuit missionary, astronomer, and historian at the Imperial Court in Beijing (1689-1759). "Catalogue Chinois des Étoiles". Autograph manuscript.Beijing, 1734.

     125,000.00
  • [Qur'an]. Kashmiri Qur'an manuscript.Kashmir, ca. 1800 CE.

     28,000.00
  • Andersen, Hans Christian, Danish poet (1805-1875). Lykke Peer. With autograph inscription signed.Copenhagen, 1870.

     15,000.00
  • Vossius, Isaac. De Nili et aliorum fluminum origine.Den Haag, 1666.

     5,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Boniface VIII, Pope (ca 1230-1303). Letter of indulgence for the church "Beati Nicolai" at the monastery of …St Peter, Rome, 1298.

     25,000.00
  • [Herbarius]. Herbolario volgare, nelquale se dimostra a conoscer le herbe [...].Venice, June 1536.

     4,500.00
  • [Slave Trade]. Instructions for the Guidance of the Captains and Commanding Officers of …London, 1892.

     35,000.00
  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, French painter and illustrator (1864-1901). Autograph letter monogrammed "HTL".Paris, ca. 1884/1885.

     4,500.00