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

  • Virchow, Rudolf, Mediziner, Begründer der Pathologie (1821-1902). Eigenh. Postkarte mit unklarer U.Berlin, 30 May 1877.

     600.00
  • [Alf layla wa-layla]. Kitab Alf layla wa-layla. Vols. I and II.Bulaq, 1835 CE = 1251 H.

     300,000.00
  • Warhol, Andy, American artist (1928-1987). Polaroid signed.No place, 1990s.

     2,500.00
  • Kirmani, Mirza Muhammad Karim Khan. Two treatises on astronomy: Khulasa al-taqwim (Summary of the Calendar) …Qajar Iran, July/August 1856 CE = Dhu'l-Qa'da 1270 H.

     45,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Sarre, Friedrich / Herzfeld, Ernst. Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet.Berlin, 1911-1920.

     7,500.00
  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

     400,000.00
  • 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
  • [United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

     35,000.00