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

  • Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1785-1839, ruled 1808-1839). Courier Order (Firman).Constantinople, August 1818 CE = first days of Shawwal 1233 H.

     3,500.00
  • Chao, Ju-Kua / Hirth, Friedrich / Rockhill, W. W. Chau Ju-Kua: His Work on the Chinese and Arab Trade in the Twelfth and …St Petersburg, 1911.

     1,800.00
  • [Falconry - Jaume III of Mallorca]. Invoice document (albarán) for falconry expenses.No place, 1337?.

     12,500.00
  • Murphy, James Cavanah. The Arabian Antiquities of Spain.London, 1815.

     25,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Vesalius, Andreas. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem.Basel, June 1543.

     350,000.00
  • Bassantin, James. Astronomique discours.Lyon, 1557.

     75,000.00
  • [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.

     125,000.00
  • Aldini, Giovanni. Essai théoretique et expérimental sur le galvanisme, avec une série …Paris, 1804.

     9,500.00