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

  • Lieou, Thomas Jean-Baptiste, Chinese Jesuit (1726-1796). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the bishop of Macau, Bartholomeu …Macau, 9 Dec 1754.

     5,000.00
  • Ibn Al-Baytar (Diya' al-Din Abu Muhammad ‘Abdullah ibn Ahmed al-Malaqi). Kitab-i ibn-i baytar al-mufradat [Compendium on Simple Medicines and Foods].Ottoman Empire, early 17th century CE.

     45,000.00
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang v., Dichter (1749-1832). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Jena, 14 Sep 1823.

     25,000.00
  • [Ibn Khalsun, Muhammad ibn Yusuf]. [Kitab al-aghdiya fi hifz al-sihha - On Nutrition and the Preservation …Paris, 1615.

     45,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Gilbert, Sir John, English painter (1817-1897) - attributed. Portrait of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), unsigned but initialled …London, likely 1837 or soon after.

     2,500.00
  • Poe, Edgar Allan, American writer (1809-1849). Autograph letter signed ("Edgar A. Poe").New York, 31 Aug 1847.

     135,000.00
  • Blanckenhorn, [Prof. Dr. Max]. Die Hedschaz-Bahn auf Grund eigener Reisestudien.Berlin, 1907.

     3,500.00
  • [United Arab Emirates]. Photograph of Sheikh Zayed raising the flag of independence at al-Diyafah …Dubai, 2 Dec 1971.

     35,000.00