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

  • Pedrini, Teodorico, Italian missionary, musician, and composer at the Imperial Court in Beijing (1671-1746). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the bishop of Beijing, Polycarpo …Beijing, 1642-1646.

    $3,244.00
  • Hume, W[illiam] F[raser]. The Rift Valleys & Geology of Eastern Sinai.London, 1901.

    $487.00
  • Strauss, Richard, Komponist (1864-1949). Portraitpostkarte mit eigenh. U.O. O. u. D.

    $1,298.00
  • [Muslim astrology]. [Persian astrological manuscript].No place, ca. 19th century CE.

    $1,947.00

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.

    $54,074.00
  • [Biblia arabica - NT]. Evangelium Sanctum Domini nostri Iesu Christi conscriptum a quatuor Evangelistis …Rome, 1590-1591.

    $30,281.00
  • Mackay, Ulrich Sinclair Peter, RAF pilot (1904-1945). Two photo albums of private and operational (restricted) photos of campaigns …Mainly Middle East, 1928-1931.

    $48,666.00
  • Engels, Friedrich, political theorist (1820-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Frédéric Engels").London, 11 Mar 1873.

    $432,589.00