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

  • [Mehmed V Resad, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1918, ruled 1909-1918)]. Berat certificate for Mustafa Cemil Bey.Kostantiniyye Istanbul, 26 Nov. 1911 CE = 4 Zilhijja 1329.

     8,000.00
  • [Ge'ez]. [Ge'ez healing scroll].Ethiopia or Eritrea, 19th century.

     1,500.00
  • Lieou, Thomas Jean-Baptiste, Chinese Jesuit (1726-1796). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the bishop of Macau, Bartholomeu …Macau, 9 Dec 1754.

     5,000.00
  • Chacón, Alfonso. De signis sanctissimae crucis [...] tractatus.Rome, 1591.

     7,500.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Ptolemaeus, Claudius [translated by Angelus, Jacobus, edited by Germanus, Nicolaus]. [Russia, Black Sea] Octava Europe tabula.Ulm, 16 Jul 1482.

     50,000.00
  • Hese, Johannes Witte de. Itinerarius Joannis de Hese presbyteri a Hierusalem describens dispositiones …Deventer, 1504.

     45,000.00
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Dichter (1749-1832). Autographa.Weimar, Dezember 1811.

     15,000.00
  • Watt, James, Scottish inventor (1736-1819). Autograph letter signed ("James Watt").Birmingham, 29 Dec 1818.

     2,500.00