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

  • Schiele, Egon, Austrian artist (1890-1918). Zeichnungen - Egon Schiele: 12 Blätter in Originalgrösse.Vienna, 1917.

     225,000.00
  • [Qur'an]. A large, early Ottoman or Pre-Ottoman (probably Qaramanid) Qur'an.Turkey, ca. 1500 / 15th-16th century CE.

     85,000.00
  • Gaubil, Antoine, Jesuit missionary, astronomer, and historian at the Imperial Court in Beijing (1689-1759). "Catalogue Chinois des Étoiles". Autograph manuscript.Beijing, 1734.

     125,000.00
  • Forkel, Johann Nikolaus. Life of John Sebastian Bach; With a Critical View of His Compositions.London, 1820.

     450.00

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.

     35,000.00
  • Chimani, Leopold. Bunte Scenerien aus dem Menschenleben. Ein Bilderbuch ganz neuer Art.Wien, 1836.

     12,500.00
  • [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.

     8,500.00
  • Blanckenhorn, [Prof. Dr. Max]. Die Hedschaz-Bahn auf Grund eigener Reisestudien.Berlin, 1907.

     3,500.00