Burgersdijk and Niermans: Books Session 1, 362a, Leiden

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Auction Date: November 18, 2025 - November 18, 2025

Page Size: 298 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	AESCHYLUS	Agamemnon		1982	EUR 90.00 - 120.00	EUR 315.89
2	POLAK & v. GENNEP	ATHENAEUM - Collection of classical and modern works in Dutch (translation)	Amst.	1969-95	EUR 70.00 - 80.00	EUR 250.08
3	BACCHYLIDES	Die Lieder		1982-1997	EUR 90.00 - 120.00	EUR 144.78
4	ATHENAEUS	BIBLIOTHECA TEUBNERIANA -- Deipnosophistae		-2019	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 289.56
5	DONATUS	BIBLIOTHECA TEUBNERIANA -- Interpretationes Vergilianae		1969	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 421.18
6	BOEKE, H.	The value of victory in Pindar's Odes		2007	EUR 90.00 - 120.00	EUR 184.27
7	CALLIMACHUS	(Fragmenta; Hymni et Epigrammata)	Oxford	-1965	EUR 70.00 - 80.00	EUR 92.13
8	CALLIMACHUS	(Fragmenta; Hymni et Epigrammata)	Oxford	1949-53	EUR 70.00 - 80.00	EUR 197.43
9	CICERO	The orations	Lond.	1867	EUR 90.00 - 120.00	EUR 184.27
10	DIOGENES LAERTIUS	De clarorum philosophorum vitis, dogmatibus et apophthegmatibus ll. X. Rec. C.G. Cobet. Gr. et Lat	Par.	1878	EUR 70.00 - 80.00	EUR 105.30
11	BUSARD, H.L.L.	EUCLIDES -- The Latin translation of the Arabic version of Euclid's Elements commonly ascribed to Gerard of Cremona	Leiden	1983	EUR 70.00 - 80.00	EUR 157.94
12	ZACHARIA, K.	EURIPIDES -- Converging truths. Euripides' Ion and the Athenian quest for self-definition		2003	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 210.59
13	JACOBY, F.	FRAGMENTS -- Die Fragmente der griech. Historiker	Leiden	1964-99	EUR 160.00 - 200.00	EUR 289.56
14	FRIED, M.N. & S. UNGURU	Apollonius of Perga's Conica		2001	EUR 110.00 - 140.00	EUR 263.24
15	GOMPERZ, Th.	Eine Auswahl herkulanischer kleiner Schriften 1864-1909		1993	EUR 70.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.46
16	HESIODUS	Fragmenta Hesiodea. - Works and days - Theogony		(1967-82)	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 118.46
17	HOMERUS	Hymns		1936	EUR 70.00 - 80.00	EUR 144.78
18	HORATIUS	Oden & Epoden - Satiren - Briefe. Erkl. v. A. Kiessling. & R. Heinze		(1968-84)	EUR 70.00 - 80.00	EUR 210.59
19	HORSFALL, N.	Virgil, Aeneid 7. A commentary		2000	EUR 90.00 - 120.00	EUR 421.18
20	HORSFALL, N.	Virgil, Aeneid II. A commentary. - Aeneid 3. A commentary. - Aeneid 2. A commentary		2003-2008	EUR 100.00 - 130.00	EUR 421.18
21		IAMBI ET ELEGI GRAECI ante Alexandrum cantati		1971-72	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 157.94
22	KEULEN, W.	Gellius the satirist. Roman cultural authority in Attic Nights		2009	EUR 90.00 - 120.00	EUR 250.08
23	KLEYWEGT, A.J.	Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, Book I. A commentary		2005	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 289.56
24	KORTEKAAS, G.A.	Commentary on the Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri		2007	EUR 90.00 - 120.00	EUR 250.08
25		LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY. Greek (35) & Latin authors (9)		(1960-2012)	EUR 160.00 - 200.00	EUR 631.78

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December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

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Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

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Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

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Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.