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

  • Shah 'Alam II, 17th Mughal emperor (1728-1806). Handwritten Mughal firman with seal.Delhi, 1757 CE = 1171 H.

     15,000.00
  • [Waqidi, Abu Abd Allah al-]. Futuh Ifriqiya [The Conquest of Ifriqiya].Sub-Saharan Africa or Sudan, 16 January 1898 CE = 22 Sha'ban 1315 H.

     2,500.00
  • [Brazilian mining - East d’el Rey Mining Company, Minas Gerais]. 3 manuscript documents and 2 watercolour plans.Sabará and n. p., 1868.

     5,000.00
  • Bellen, R. C. van. The Stratigraphy of the Main Limestone of the Kirkuk, Bai Hassan, and Qarah …London, 1956.

     850.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Astronomy]. Astronomical manuscript in Arabic.No place, late 18th century ca. 1785 CE / 1200 H.

     12,500.00
  • Montaigne, Michel de. Essais de Messire Michel Seigneur de Montaigne, Chevalier de l'Ordre du …Bordeaux, 1580.

     450,000.00
  • [Ships Logs] - F. R. Openshaw, Royal Navy midshipman (fl. 1900s). "Log of H. M. Ships Highflyer & Hyacinth". Autograph manuscript logs …Indian Ocean and the Gulf, 1902-1904.

     95,000.00
  • [Biblia germanica - NT]. Luther, Martin. Das Newe Testament Mar. Luthers.Wittenberg, 1530.

     75,000.00