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
  • Fiammelli, Giovanni Francesco. Il principe difeso [...]. Nel quale si tratta di fortificazione, oppugnazione, …Rome, 1604.

     2,500.00
  • Pechstein, Max, German expressionist painter and printmaker (1881-1955). 2 autograph letters signed ("HMPechstein" and "Max Pechstein").Berlin, 31 March 1948 and 15 March 1952.

     8,500.00
  • Laurent, Jean (photographer). Photograph album of Spain.Madrid, 1870s.

     35,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Qur'an Juz' - China]. An illuminated Qur'an, Juz' XX, written in Beijing by a Muslim woman.Khanbaliq Cambaluc, Beijing, 10 Nov. 1623 CE = 17 Muharram 1033 H.

     125,000.00
  • Haydn, Joseph. Ariana a Naxos. Cantata a Voce Sola. Accompagnata col Clavicembalo o Forte-Piano.London, Juni 1791.

     15,000.00
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Autographa.Weimar, Dezember 1811.

     15,000.00
  • Petrini, Paolo. [Wall Maps of the World and Four Continents].Naples, ca. 1700.

     480,000.00