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

  • Burton, Richard Francis, English explorer and diplomat (1821-1890). 10 autograph letters signed and one autograph postcard signed ("R.F. Burton", …London, Trieste and Geneva, 27 May 1882 to 12 May 1884, 8 November 1888, and no date.

    $48,904.00
  • Vossius, Isaac. De Nili et aliorum fluminum origine.Den Haag, 1666.

    $5,434.00
  • Mann, Thomas, German writer and Nobel laureate (1875-1955). Typed letter signed.Munich, 3 Mar 1927.

    $1,956.00
  • [Abu Dhabi]. Geological map of Abu Dhabi.Abu Dhabi, 1970s.

    $3,804.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • (Harsdörffer, Georg Philipp). Vollständig vermehrtes Trincir-Buch, Handlend: I. Von den Tafeldecken, …Nuremberg, 1654.

    $4,890.00
  • [Mattioli, Pietro Andrea]. Original large-format woodblock of Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine).Prague, ca. 1562.

    $13,584.00
  • Allaeus, Franciscus. Astrologiae Nova Methodus. Francisci Allaei, Arabis Christiani.Rennes, 1654-1655.

    $81,506.00
  • Ali Riza Effendi, First Lieutenant in the Ottoman Army. Medine-i Münevvere Civarlarina Memuriyet Hatirasi [Memoirs of public service …Ottoman Empire, Syria and Hejaz, Sept./Oct. 1916 CE = Eylül 1332 Rumi Calendar.

    $16,301.00