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Burgersdijk & Niermans

Name: Burgersdijk & Niermans
Address: Nieuwsteeg 1, Leiden, 2311RW, NL
Telephone: 0031-715121067

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Nederland
Leiden
Burgersdijk & Niermans

International auction house dealing in books, prints and manuscripts

22/05/2026

Today we indulge with a favourite for the ages: the Kruydtboeck by Matthias de Lobel. In and of itself a joy to behold, but this particular copy was completely handcoloured by an old hand. The colours are lovely, meticulous and very well-preserved and they will make their new owner very happy!

Of course this lovely piece was sold in our . No worries, will be around before you know it!

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14/05/2026

Thursday 14th May is Ascension Day, but we are open just the same!

Come to pick your books up? All right! We are ready!

Are you interested in the after sale? Very good! Send us a bid via our site or pop us a phone call.

Nota bene, again; we are going to work on your invoices as soon as we can; you will receive them via e-mail within the next week-and-a-half!

Image as always by the elusive CreativeCat7. (Give the artist some extra love, as she is at the moment doing final exams for high school!)

13/05/2026

Second day of our auction and we are buzzing! You, however, can feast your eyes on lot 1086, this gorgeous set of Robert’s Egypt & Nubia, a work from 1846-49 full with duotone lithographs of monuments and views of, well, Egypt and Nubia. These are big books, we cannot lie; they’ll set you back about 62x44 cm each. We LOVE a large folio!

The Robert’s, a Scottish painter, travelled to the Near East without patronage of the military or any missionary group and produced this monumental work. It’s quite rare to see a set in this state.

See you on the flip side!

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12/05/2026

Today is auction day! To bring us all good fortune here some pics of lot number 482, an Ottoman grimoire from the late 18th century: a book of talismans and astrology, used for protection and divination. If you take some time to study its contents, it could probably tell you what to bid, on what lot, and when.

Until the midday there is still time to place some last bids for this afternoon’s session, which starts at 13.30, or to check your connectivity if you want to bid online!

10/05/2026

To celebrate our viewing days we present you with a very special piece of World Wildlife Fund merch indeed.

In 1977, the WWF commissioned six prints from Kananginak Pootoogook, Kenojuak Ashevak, and the estate of Peter Pitseolak, all artists belonging to the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, and published them in this gorgeous edition. The lithographs are quite beautiful to begin with, but they’re also large-folio size (that’s BIG, people) so they’re also impressive.

We have the entire set in its original half-suede portfolio, it’s lot 289 in our catalogue. Today we’re open from 12.00 to 17.00; come and see this set and all the other beautiful things!

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08/05/2026

We have lot of Arab / arabic books in our about mostly historical and linguistic subjects. This one however, sent us straight into a rabbit hole. This manuscript belongs in the tradition and genre of the ‘ilm al-bâh, delicately translated as “science of coitus”. Historically, discussion of s*x was a part of jurisprudence (put that down to the boondoggle that is marriage under patriarchy), but Islamic culture had also this separate genre, which seems to comprise a mix of proto-s*xology, both medical, astrological and psychological, and literary erotica. (All this in good faith; without an established scientific vocabulary the line between those genres is very fine indeed).

This manuscript is called “Book of s*xual science and the natural sciences”. It’s from somewhere in the 19th century, very prettily written, with an astrological diagram and some gilt bling in there too. Come see it during our viewing days!

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08/05/2026

Hey hey hey! Our viewing days have started! Drop in, look at stuff!

06/05/2026

Good morning! Today we bring you this very very nice set of E.G. Guyot’s “Nieuwe Natuur- en wiskonstige vermaaklykheden”, which is basically 18th century Science For Dummies. Translated from a French original, it’s full of mathematical and physical curiosities, experiments & tricks on various wonders of nature such as optical illusions, magical lanterns and ⚡️electricity ⚡️. Best of all are the meticulous handcoloured pictures of said curiosities, experiments & tricks.

It’s number 1134 in our catalogue, but of course our viewing days are coming up. Drop in this weekend and have a look-see!

22/04/2026

It’s that time of the year again! Our paper catalogue arrived and we hereby request the semi-annual applause for Our Amazing Carolien who made it into a pretty bookwork, as per usual!

Also: the semi-annual stuff to remember if you want to participate in the auction!

📕Ask us anything about the lots, the auction & our well-being via [email protected]

📗Send your bids via our online catalogue at b-n.nl (don’t forget to make an account!) or www.invaluable.com, www.lot-tissimo.com or www. drouot.com (don’t forget to make separate accounts for those!).

📘Viewing days are Friday 8 & Saturday 9 May from 10.00 to 17.00 hrs and Sunday 10 May from 12.00 to 17.00.

📙The auction starts Tuesday 12 May at 13.30 sharp; you can follow along online at www.invaluable.com, www.lot-tissimo.com, or www. drouot.com (you do remember about that account, yeah?).

📕NOTA BENE!!! Thursday 14 May is Ascension day. Historically this means a day off. NOT FOR THE HARDY WORKERS AT B&N! We’ll be OPEN, 🎶9 to 5🎶, as usual. Pray for our souls, though, just in case.

📗Saturday 15 May we’ll be open from 11.00 to 17.00 hrs. for your convenience and our pleasure; come pick up your books and see our packing crew in action.

Questions? Accolades? You know where to find us!

09/04/2026

Good morning! Our catalogue is online! Get you there!

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Nieuwsteeg 1
Leiden
2311RW

Openingstijden

Maandag	09:00 - 17:00
Dinsdag	09:00 - 17:00
Woensdag	09:00 - 17:00
Donderdag	09:00 - 17:00
Vrijdag	09:00 - 17:00

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