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

  • [Sumerian Foundation Cone]. Cuneiform foundation cone dating to the reign of Ishme-Dagan.Southern Mesopotamia, 1953-1935 BCE.

     9,500.00
  • Nizami Ganjavi. Iqbal-nama.Safavid Iran, 1562-1571 CE = 970s H.

     25,000.00
  • Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, French statesman and military officer (1757-1834), hero of the American Revolutionary War. Autograph letter signed.Sarreguemines Saargemünd, 13 Jul 1785.

     6,500.00
  • 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

  • Reichs-Marine-Amt. Segelhandbuch für den Persischen Golf.Berlin, 1907.

     7,500.00
  • Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

     45,000.00
  • [Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

     9,500.00
  • [Mattioli, Pietro Andrea]. Original large-format woodblock of Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine).Prague, ca. 1562.

     12,500.00