Christies: Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller's poetic library, 24597, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 24, 2026 - March 24, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | La Paix. Au Roy. |
Paris | 1559 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 5,080.00 |
| 77 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Oeuvres de P. de Ronsard gentilhomme vandomois. |
Paris | 1560 | EUR 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | EUR 111,760.00 |
| 78 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Institution pour l'Adolescence du Roy treschrestien Charles neufviesme de ce nom. |
Paris | 1562 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 13,970.00 |
| 79 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Discours des Miseres de ce Temps. |
Paris | 1562 | Not Available | EUR 6,985.00 |
| 80 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Continuation du Discours des Miseres de ce Temps... |
Paris | 1563 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,080.00 |
| 81 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Remonstrance au peuple de France. |
Paris | 1563 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,080.00 |
| 82 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Le premier [-tiers] Livre du Recueil des Nouvelles Poesies... |
[Et:] Les Quatre Saisons de l'An...Paris | [1563]-1564. | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 9,525.00 |
| 83 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Oeuvres. |
Paris | 1567 | EUR 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | EUR 158,750.00 |
| 84 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les quatre premiers livre [sic] de la Franciade. |
Paris | 1572 | EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | EUR 82,550.00 |
| 85 | [RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) - MUSIQUE] | Contratenor. Mellange de chansons tant des vieux autheurs que des modernes. |
Paris | 1572 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 6,858.00 |
| 86 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Oeuvres... |
Paris | 1572-1573. | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 9,906.00 |
| 87 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585), Amadis JAMYN (1540-1593) et Robert GARNIER (1545-1590) | Le Tombeau du feu Roy Tres-Chrestien Charles IX... |
Paris | [1574]. | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 88 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les quatre premiers livres de la Franciade. |
Paris | 1573 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 10,160.00 |
| 89 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Lettre autographe signee "A monsieur et meilleur amy monsieur Chrestian a Vendosme", le 23 novembre [1584 ?]. |
N/A | EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 90 | [RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585)] BINET, Claude (15..-1600?) | Discours de la vie de Pierre de Ronsard, gentilhomme Vandomois, Prince des Poetes Francois... |
Paris | 1586 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 9,525.00 |
| 91 | [RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585), et d'autres] | La Muse folastre. Recherchee des plus beaux esprits de ce temps. |
Paris | 1600 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 92 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Oeuvres... |
Paris | [1609-1610]. | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 16,510.00 |
| 93 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Recueil des sonnets, odes, hymnes, elegies et autres pieces retranchees aux editions precedentes... |
Paris | 1617 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 94 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Oeuvres... |
Paris | 1617 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 13,970.00 |
| 95 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Oeuvres. Reveues et augmentees et ilustrees de commentaires et remarques. |
Paris | 1623 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 96 | SAINTE-MARTHE, Scevole de (1536-1623) | Poemata. |
Paris | 1587 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 27,940.00 |
| 97 | SAINTE-MARTHE, Scevole de (1536-1623) | Les premieres oeuvres... [avec :] Poetica Paraphrasis... |
Paris | 1571, 1575 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 889.00 |
| 98 | [SEBILLET, Thomas (1512-1589)] | Art poetique francois. Pour l'instruction des ieunes studieux, & encor peu avancez en la Poesie Francoise. |
Paris | 1548 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 7,620.00 |
| 99 | [SIGOGNE, Charles-Timoleon de Beauxoncles, sieur de (attribue a), (c. 1560-1611)] | La Bourgeoise desbauchee. [Relie avec :] La Gazette. [Et:] Les Couriers, ou suitte de la Gazette. |
Paris ; Sans lieu | sans date [1610]; 1609; ni date. | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 16,510.00 |
| 100 | TABOUROT, Etienne (1549-1590) | Les Bigarrures du Seigneur des Accords. Reveues & augmentees de nouveau par l'Autheur... |
Paris | 1586 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 6,350.00 |
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Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
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 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old 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 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’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.