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.

    $3,746.00
  • [Sri Lanka - palm leaf book]. [Sinhalese palm-leaf manuscript].Sri Lanka, 19th century.

    $1,605.00
  • [Falconry - Sancho I of Mallorca]. Invoice document (albarán) for falconry expenses.No place, 1320.

    $90,969.00
  • [King Cyrus and the Temple of Jerusalem]. Biblia latina - VT - Esdras. [Illuminated manuscript leaf].Austria or Germany, 1507.

    $19,264.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Nieuhof, Johannes. Die Gesantschaft der Ost-Indischen Geselschaft in den Vereinigten Niederländern, …Amsterdam, 1669.

    $90,969.00
  • [Hinduism]. Illuminated Hinduistic manuscript.India, early 19th century.

    $10,167.00
  • Zweig, Stefan. Die frühen Kränze.Leipzig, 1906.

    $1,926.00
  • [Regulations for pearl fishing in Kuwait]. Qanun al-ghawasin fi'l Kuwayt ("Manual of the [pearl] divers in Kuwait").Kuwait City, 1359 H / AD 1940.

    $9,097.00