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

  • [Roman inked wooden tablet]. Roman inked wooden tablet.Roman Empire, 4th century CE.

    $102,822.00
  • [Biblia latina - NT - Ioannes]. The Gospel of John.Italy, ca. 1300.

    $13,529.00
  • Tesla, Nikola, Serbian-American inventor (1856-1943). Autograph letter signed ("N. Tesla").New York, 26 Jan 1894.

    $27,058.00
  • Husami al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Akhsikathi. Al-Husami [Al-Muntakhab fi Usul al-Madhhab].Uzbekistan or China, 1385 CE = 787 H.

    $30,305.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $37,882.00
  • Pierotti, Ermete, Italian engineer, topographer and archaeologist (1820-1880). "Le Mont Moria". Album of original photographs and manuscript plans of …Jerusalem, February/March 1861.

    $97,410.00
  • Hese, Johannes Witte de. Itinerarius Joannis de Hese presbyteri a Hierusalem describens dispositiones …Deventer, 1504.

    $48,705.00
  • [Astronomy]. Astronomical manuscript in Arabic.No place, late 18th century ca. 1785 CE / 1200 H.

    $13,529.00