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

  • Henriques, António José, Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr in China (1707-1748). Autograph document signed. Co-signed by the Chinese Jesuit Manuel de Moraes.Zhenjiang, 25 Jun 1744.

    $9,221.00
  • Trans-Arabian Pipeline Company. Tablayn [Tapline].Lebanon, 1950s.

    $922.00
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang v., Dichter (1749-1832). Eigenh. Brief mit U.Jena, 14 Sep 1823.

    $27,122.00
  • Hume, W[illiam] F[raser]. The Rift Valleys & Geology of Eastern Sinai.London, 1901.

    $488.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • Ferdinand I., röm.-dt. Kaiser (1503-1564), hier noch als Erzherzog. Gewaltbrief mit eigenh. U.Wien, 4 Nov 1526.

    $7,052.00
  • Firdawsi, Abu’l-Qasim. Shah Nameh [The Book of Kings].Northern India, 23 Jan. 1687 CE = 9 Rabi I 1098 H.

    $48,820.00
  • Géricault, Théodore. Five complete series by the greatest horse painter of 19th century, including …Paris, 1822-1823.

    $37,971.00
  • Vasif, Ahmet. Mahasin al-athar wa-haqaiq al-akhbar.Bulaq, 1246 1830.

    $4,882.00