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

  • Zhao, Simone Paolo, Chinese Propagande Fide missionary in China (1722-1788). Autograph document signed.N. p., 7 Apr 1750.

    $3,791.00
  • [Renaissance mercenaries]. Dedication manuscript for Emperor Ferdinand I, written by the provost of …No place, 1560.

    $27,081.00
  • Gaubil, Antoine, French Jesuit missionary, astronomer, and historian at the Imperial Court in Beijing (1689-1759). "Mémoire sur les îles de Lieou Kieou".Beijing, 1751/1752.

    $27,081.00
  • Miller, M[oritz] von. Vorlesungen über angewandte Taktik zum Unterrichte und zum Selbststudium …Freiburg/Breisgau, 1833.

    $4,875.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $433,299.00
  • [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.

    $135,406.00
  • [United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

    $37,914.00
  • Mahler, Gustav, Komponist und Dirigent (1860-1911). Programmzettel mit eigenh. U. ("Mahler").Wohl Wien, 13 Feb 1902.

    $9,208.00