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

  • Forgeot, André-Nicolas, French Jesuit missionary in China (1716-1761). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by Jean-Sylvain de Neuvialle, superior …Macau, 2 Oct 1751.

    $3,043.00
  • Ibn al-Bazyar, Muhammed ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar / Abu Ma'shar Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Balkhi (Albumasar). Kitab al-milal wa 'l-duwal [Religions and Dynasties].Central Asia, 1716 CE = 1128 H.

    $48,904.00
  • [Subscription receipt for the Lexicon heptaglotton]. Printed blank form completed in ink and signed by Edmund Castell (Semitic …London, 2 May 1664.

    $2,717.00
  • Leupold, Jacob. Theatrum machinarum.Leipzig, 1724-1727.

    $27,169.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Rilke, Rainer Maria, Dichter (1875-1926). Eigenh. Gedicht mit Widmung und U. in: Ders., Neue Gedichte.Leipzig, 1914.

    $10,324.00
  • [Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

    $10,324.00
  • Rowling, J[oanne] K., English writer (b. 1965). Original miniature manuscript.N. p., 2004.

    $163,012.00
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Austrian philosopher (1889-1951). Autograph picture postcard signed.Cambridge, 28. II. 1929.

    $2,717.00