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Christies: Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller's poetic library
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| Auction Name | Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller's poetic library | Total Sales (EUR) | 1,240,663.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 24, 2026 - March 24, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 798,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #24597 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 1,138,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 104 | ||
| Sold Lots | 78.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 1,031,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 1,465,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 26 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 84.68% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Oeuvres. |
1567 | EUR 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | EUR 158,750.00 |
| 47 | LABE, Louise (1524-1566) | Euvres de Louize Labe lionnoize. Revues & corrigees par ladite Dame. |
1556 | EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | EUR 133,350.00 |
| 77 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Oeuvres de P. de Ronsard gentilhomme vandomois. |
1560 | EUR 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | EUR 111,760.00 |
| 84 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les quatre premiers livre [sic] de la Franciade. |
1572 | EUR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | EUR 82,550.00 |
| 32 | DU BELLAY, Joachim (1522-1560) | Les Oeuvres Francoises... |
1569 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 54,610.00 |
| 54 | [MARGUERITE DE BRETAGNE, dame de GOULAINE (1563-1599)] - MAISON DE GOULAINE | Manuscrit poetique, en partie autographe ; et, d'une autre main, histoire genealogique de la maison de Goulaine. |
Milieu du XVIe-milieu du XVIIe siecle. | EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | EUR 53,340.00 |
| 70 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Amours de P. de Ronsard Vandomois... Plus quelques Odes de L'auteur, non encor imprimees. |
1553 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 43,180.00 |
| 103 | [TYARD, Pontus de (1521-1605)] | Deux discours de la nature du Monde, & de ses parties. |
1578 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 33,020.00 |
| 96 | SAINTE-MARTHE, Scevole de (1536-1623) | Poemata. |
1587 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 27,940.00 |
| 31 | DU BELLAY, Joachim (1522-1560) | Divers Poemes... [relie avec :] Les Regrets... [avec :] Divers Jeux rustiques... [avec :] Epithalame... |
1568 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 22,860.00 |
| 51 | LE FEVRE DE LA BODERIE, Guy (1541-1598) | La Galliade ou de la Revolution des Arts et Sciences... |
1582 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 22,860.00 |
| 104 | VAUQUELIN DE LA FRESNAYE, Jean (1536-1607) | Les deus premiers livres des Foresteries. |
1555 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | EUR 22,860.00 |
| 19 | DESPORTES, Philippe (1546-1606) | Les Premieres oeuvres... |
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. |
1579; 1583 | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 17,780.00 |
| 18 | DESPORTES, Philippe (1546-1606) | Les Premieres oeuvres... |
1583 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 17,145.00 |
| 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. |
1549 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 17,145.00 |
| 92 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Oeuvres... |
[1609-1610]. | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 16,510.00 |
| 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. |
sans date [1610]; 1609; ni date. | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 16,510.00 |
| 12 | BOTON, Pierre (vers 1550-1616) | La Camille. Ensemble les reveries & discours d'un amant desespere. |
1573 | EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 13,970.00 |
| 69 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Quatre premiers livres des Odes, ensemble son Bocage. [relie avec, du meme:] L'Hymne de France. |
1550; 1549 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 13,970.00 |
| 78 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Institution pour l'Adolescence du Roy treschrestien Charles neufviesme de ce nom. |
1562 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 13,970.00 |
| 94 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585) | Les Oeuvres... |
1617 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 13,970.00 |
| 11 | BEZE, Theodore de (1519-1605) | Icones, if est Verae imagines virorum doctrina.. |
1580]. | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 12,065.00 |
| 7 | BELLEAU, Remy (1528-1577) | La Bergerie de Remy Belleau. |
1565 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 11,430.00 |
| 41 | GRISEL, Jean (1567-1622) | Les premieres oeuvres poetiques de Jehan Grisel, Rouennois... |
1599 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 11,430.00 |
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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. -
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 - 30,000Bonhams, 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 - 250,000Bonhams, 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 - $120,000Bonhams, 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 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, 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 - $1,700Old 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