Christies: Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller's poetic library, 24597, Paris

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Auction Report
Auction Date
March 24, 2026 - March 24, 2026
Page Size: 104 items in 5 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 AUBIGNE, Theodore Agrippa d' (1552-1630)

Les Tragiques, ci-devant donnez au public par le larcin de Promethee et depuis avouez et enrichis.

[Maille ou Geneve, 1620; 1626-1631]. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
2 BAIF, Jean-Antoine de (1532-1589)

Quatre livres de l'amour de Francine.

Paris 1555 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,302.00
3 BAIF, Jean-Antoine de (1532-1589)

Le Brave. [Relie a la suite de :] ESTIENNE,(c. 1528-1598). Henri Epigrammata Graeca.

Paris ; S.l. 1567; 1570 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
4 BAIF, Jean-Antoine de (1532-1589)

Ensemble de 4 ouvrages formant la premiere edition collective.

N/A EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
5 BAIF, Jean-Antoine de (1532-1589)

Les Mimes, enseignemens et proverbes...

Paris 1581 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 2,032.00
6 BELLEAU, Remy (1528-1577)

Les Odes d'Anacreon...

Paris 1556 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
7 BELLEAU, Remy (1528-1577)

La Bergerie de Remy Belleau.

Paris 1565 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 11,430.00
8 BELLEAU, Remy (1528-1577)

Les Oeuvres poetiques de Remy Belleau...

Paris 1585 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,334.00
9 BEREAU, Jacques (vers 1535-vers 1565)

Les Eglogues et aultres oeuvres poetiques.

Poitiers 1565 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,302.00
10 BEROALDE DE VERVILLE, Francois Brouard, dit (1556-1626)

Le Cabinet de Minerve.

Paris 1596 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,794.00
11 BEZE, Theodore de (1519-1605)

Icones, if est Verae imagines virorum doctrina..

.[Geneve 1580]. EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,065.00
12 BOTON, Pierre (vers 1550-1616)

La Camille. Ensemble les reveries & discours d'un amant desespere.

Paris 1573 EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 13,970.00
13 BUTTET, Marc-Claude de (c. 1530-1586)

Le premier Livre des vers... auquel a este ajoute le second ensemble l'Amalthee.

Paris [1560-]1561. EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
14 CORBIN, Robert, seigneur du BOISSEREAU (1522-v.1574)

Le Songe de la Piaffe.

Paris 1574 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 3,175.00
15 [DES MASURES, Louis (1515-1574)]

Replique sur la response faite par Messire Pierre Ronsard, jadis poete et maintenant Prestre, a ce qui luy avoit este respondu sur les calomnies de ses Discours, touchant les Mises de ce temps. Par D. M. Lescaldin.

S.l.n.d. [Orleans 1563?] EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 4,445.00
16 DES MASURES, Louis (1515-1574)

Tragedies sainctes. David combattant. David triomphant. David fugitif.

Geneve 1566 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 5,334.00
17 DESPORTES, Philippe (1546-1606)

Les premieres Oeuvres de Philippes des Portes . Au Roy de France et de Pologne.

Paris 1579 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,286.00
18 DESPORTES, Philippe (1546-1606)

Les Premieres oeuvres...

Paris 1583 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 17,145.00
19 DESPORTES, Philippe (1546-1606)

Les Premieres oeuvres...

Paris 1600 EUR 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 EUR 21,590.00
20 DES ROCHES, Madeleine Neveu (1520-1587) et Catherine Fradonnet (1542-1587) dites les Dames

Les Oeuvres de Mes-Dames des Roches. [Relie avec, des memes :] La Puce.

Paris 1579; 1583 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 17,780.00
21 DES ROCHES, Madeleine Neveu (1520-1587) et Catherine Fradonnet (1542-1587) dites les Dames

Les secondes Oeuvres de Mesdames Des Roches de Poictiers, Mere & Fille.

Poitiers 1583 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,445.00
22 DU BARTAS, Guillaume de Saluste (1544-1590)

Commentaires et annotations sur la sepmaine de creation du monde. Reveu & corrige de nouveau. -La Judith. Reveu & augmentee d'argumens, sommaires & annotations.

Paris 1585 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 6,096.00
23 DU BARTAS, Guillaume de Saluste (1544-1590)

Les Oeuvres, reueues corrigees, augmentees de nouveaux, commentaires, annotations en marge. et embellie de figures. sur tous les jours de la sepmaine. Plus a este adiouste. la premiere et seconde partie de la suitte.

Paris 1611 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,032.00
24 DU BELLAY, Joachim (1522-1560)

Recueil de poesie, presente a tresillustre princesse madame Marguerite soeur unique du Roy, et mis en lumiere par le commandement de madicte Dame.

Paris 1549 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 17,145.00
25 DU BELLAY, Joachim (1522-1560)

L'Olive augmentee depuis la premiere edition. La Musagnoeomachie & aultres oeuvres poetiques.

Paris 1550 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,064.00
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
  • June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950