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Burgersdijk and Niermans: Books - Session 2

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Auction Name	Books - Session 2	Total Sales (EUR)	180,701.10
Auction Date	November 18, 2025 - November 18, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	58,510.00
Sale Number	#362b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	72,920.00
Total Lots	295
Sold Lots	249.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	67,030.00
% of Lots Sold	84.41%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	83,660.00
Unsold Lots	46	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	215.99%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
406		GREAT BRITAIN -- "BRITANNIAE INSULAE quae nunc Angliae et Scotiae regna continet cum Hibernia adiacente nova descriptio"	1602	EUR 550.00 - 700.00	EUR 17,110.60
571		PORTRAITS -- LUDEMAN -- END, R. (?). (Portraits (alledgedly) of Johannes Christophorus Ludeman (1683-1757) and his wife Britta Beyer (+-1682 - +-1741)	1738	EUR 240.00 - 300.00	EUR 11,845.80
486		NORTH ATLANTIC -- (NORTH ATLANTIC CHART)	1579	EUR 1,600.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 6,581.00
528		WORLD MAPS -- "ORBIS TERRAE compendiosa descriptio"	(1587 or later)	EUR 3,200.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 6,054.52
444		LOW COUNTRIES -- "HOLLANDT"	1565	EUR 2,600.00 - 3,200.00	EUR 5,264.80
485		MIDDLE EAST -- ("MAP OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA")	n.d. (early 19th c.)	EUR 240.00 - 300.00	EUR 5,264.80
405		GREAT BRITAIN -- ("BRITANNIA INSULA quae duo regna continent Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia")	1602	EUR 320.00 - 400.00	EUR 5,001.56
321		BOOKSELLER LABELS ('BOEKHANDELSETIKETJES') -- COLLECTION of c. 1150 bookseller labels issued by booksellers/bookstores in the Netherlands	19th (18th c. even?)/20th c.	EUR 240.00 - 300.00	EUR 4,475.08
384		ARMILLARY SPHERE	19th c.	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 4,475.08
492		SEA CHARTS -- "PASCAERT van de Noord zee van Ameland tot de Hoofden/MARE GERMANICUM ab Amelandia ad Promontoria Caleti et Doverae"	-1675	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 3,948.60
397		CELESTIAL CHARTS -- ROYER -- SOUTHERN CELESTIAL HEMISPHERE	-1679	EUR 1,600.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,422.12
381		AMERICA -- "AMERICAE PARS MAGIS COGNITA"	1624	EUR 160.00 - 200.00	EUR 2,895.64
380		AMERICA -- "AMERICA SIVE INDIA NOVA"	-1595	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,632.40
418		LOW COUNTRIES -- AMSTERDAM -- "AMSTELODAMI veteris et novissimi delineatio per Joannem de Ram."	(c. 1693)	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 2,632.40
527		WORLD MAPS -- "NOVA TOTIUS TERRARUM Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula"	1642	EUR 1,400.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 2,369.16
445		LOW COUNTRIES -- "INFERIORIS Germaniae Provinciarum nova descriptio"	(c. 1604)	EUR 950.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,105.92
448	KRAIJENHOFF, (C.R.Th.)	LOW COUNTRIES -- Choro-Topographische Kaart der Noordelijke Provincien van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden	1823	EUR 650.00 - 800.00	EUR 2,105.92
494		SEA CHARTS -- "TOTIUS EUROPAE LITTORA novissime adita. Pascaert vertoonende alle de See-custen van Europa"	(c. 1715)	EUR 950.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,105.92
386		ASIA -- "CHINAE, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio"	-1595	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,974.30
361	KROGT, P. v.d., (ed.)	Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici	(1997-2012)	EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00	EUR 1,711.06
377		AFRICA -- "AFRICA ex magna orbis terre descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta, studio et industria G.M. Iunioris"	-1595	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,711.06
423		LOW COUNTRIES -- "BELGII SIVE GERMANIAE Inferioris accuratissima tabula"	1631	EUR 950.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,711.06
488		SEA CHARTS -- "BESCHRIJVINGHE van de zee custen van Vlanderen en Picardien (...)"	(c. 1588)	EUR 950.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,579.44
545	GREVILLE, Charles Francis (1749-1809)	"Section of the Monte di Grano at Rome"	(c. 1786)	EUR 90.00 - 120.00	EUR 1,579.44
502		SOUTH AMERICA -- DUDLEY -- "CARTE PARTICOLARE DEL'INDIA OCCIDENTALE (...). D'America Carta VIIII"	(c. 1646-47)	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,447.82

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

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

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

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

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

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.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

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.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

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.