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 letter signed.Beijing, 23 Nov 1725.

    $26,786.00
  • Fessler, [Ignaz Aurelius]. Marc-Aurel. Vierte verbesserte Auflage.Breslau, 1801.

    $257.00
  • Kotzebue, August von, Dramatiker und Schriftsteller (1761-1819). 3 eigenh. Briefe mit U.Weimar und Schwarzen, 1807, 1808 und 1817.

    $3,750.00
  • [King Cyrus and the Temple of Jerusalem]. Biblia latina - VT - Esdras. [Illuminated manuscript leaf].Austria or Germany, 1507.

    $19,286.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

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

    $37,500.00
  • Yuhanna (Yahya) Abu Zakariya ibn Masawaih (Mesue). De re medica, libri tres. Jacobo Sylvio medico interprete.Paris, 1544.

    $30,000.00
  • Mann, Thomas, German writer and Nobel laureate (1875-1955). Typed letter signed.Zürich, 16 Jun 1949.

    $4,821.00
  • Ptolemaeus, Claudius [translated by Angelus, Jacobus, edited by Germanus, Nicolaus]. [Russia, Black Sea] Octava Europe tabula.Ulm, 16 Jul 1482.

    $53,572.00