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Bridehead: Auction of the Contents

Sale Days:

Thursday 12 June 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST Starts with Lot 1

Friday 13 June 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST Starts with Lot 500

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Read more about Bridehead here

Auction:

Thursday 12th & Friday 13th June at 10.30am

at Duke's Fine Art Saleroom, DT1 1GA

Day one: The Principal Contents

Day two: The Library

Viewing:

at Bridehead Manor, Littlebredy, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9JA

Entry will be by catalogue only. £30 admits two people.

Saturday 7th June 11am - 4pm

Sunday 8th June 11am - 4pm

Monday 9th June 11am - 4pm

Tuesday 10th June 11am - 4pm

Wednesday 11th June 11am - 4pm

There will be no viewing on either sale day.

Please note:

Access at the Manor is limited with uneven surfaces and steep stairs.

We regret the property is not wheelchair accessible.

To pre-order a catalogue or if you have any enquiries please contact

bridehead@dukes-auctions.com or call +44 (0)1305 265080

£30 (plus postage)

Bidding:

Live bidding will be available for this auction through this website, The-Saleroom and EasyLive Auction. Please ensure your registration is completed early to avoid disappointment. Commission bidding and Telephone bidding is also available.

Unfortunately, Duke's are unable to offer a postal or delivery service. We are pleased to recommend reputable carriers and can advise on air-freight and other forms of dispatch.

For more information please contact Duke's on +44 (0)1305 265080 or email enquiries@dukes-auctions.com.

Collection

On proof of payment, purchased lots will be available for collection from Bridehead from Friday 13th June to Thursday 19th June from 10am - 4pm, excluding the weekend 14th - 15th June. Whilst we are happy to provide assistance please bring the requisite people required to collect your purchases. All items not collected from Bridehead by 4pm Thursday 19th June will be moved to Sackville-West (Andover) at the buyer's risk and expense of £20 (plus VAT) per lot.

Please note: Collections unavailable on the 12th June.

Specialist Items: Removal of all electrical fittings, garden effects and large furniture is entirely at the buyer's risk and expense. Please note that we will be unable to provide assistance with these items.

Storage Charges

Items removed to Sackville-West in Andover will be available for collection from 9am on Monday 23rd June. All items will incur a minimum transfer to storage charge of £20 (plus VAT) per lot, and a further storage charge of £3 (plus VAT) per lot per day from this point. These charges will be the sole liability of the purchaser, and will be billed directly to them by Sackville West (Andover). Sackville-West may be willing to adjust their charges if they are instructed by the purchaser to deliver to them. On payment of all sales and storage costs items will be available for collection by appointment from Sackville-West (Andover). These charges are set by Sackville-West., (Andover); we recommend that you contact them directly regarding queries relating to these charges and other matters arising in relation to storage. Staff at the saleroom will be unable to answer questions relating to items that have been removed from Bridehead.

Sackville-West -www.sackvillewest.co.uk - 02080 909988

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
414	A VERY LARGE PINE GARDEN TABLE with distressed top and later alterations, 80cm high x 106cm wide x 340cm long	£100 - £200	£140	View
415	A PINE GARDEN TABLE the distressed white enamel top over a single frieze drawer to one end, on tapered block legs, 76cm high x 92cm wide x 150cm deep	£50 - £100	£50	View
416	AN OAK SETTLE the panelled back over a square seat and shaped scroll arms, on turned legs joined by stretchers, approximately 101cm high x 183cm wide x 56cm deep	£100 - £200	£320	View
416a	TWO VINTAGE CARTS 19th century, comprising a four-wheeled phaeton and a Bath chair with hood, measuring 110cm and 116cm high respectively (a/f) (2)	£50 - £100	£30	View
417	A COLLECTION OF THIRTY-EIGHT GILDED BANQUETING CHAIRS 20th century, with red fabric covered stuffed backs and seats, 83cm high (38)	£50 - £100	£30	View
500	MITFORD, WILLIAM: ‘THE HISTORY OF GREECE’ second edition, volumes 1 and 2, printed by T. Wright for T. Cadell, London 1789, three-quarter brown leather bound with red leather half titles and marbled boards (2)	£50 - £100	£140	View
501	GOETHE: ‘FAUST’ translated by Lord Francis Leveson Gower, second edition, volumes 1 and 2, published by John Murray, London, 1825, gilt tooled blue leather bound with red leather half titles; together with eleven…	£50 - £100	£700	View
502	WITHERINGTON PEERS, REV. JOHN: ‘SHORT INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE COLLECTS’ printed for L.B. Seeley, London 1813, brown leather bound with book plate for Lady Robert Manners, with ink inscription dated 6th June 1829; together with nine other antiquarian theology books (10)	£30 - £50	£100	View
503	PORNY, MR: ‘THE ELEMENTS OF HERALDRY’ fourth edition, printed for Thomas Carnan, London, 1787, full brown calf bound with Bridehead bookplates	£50 - £100	£50	View
504	DANTE ALIGHIERI: ‘LA DIVINA COMMEDIA’ illustrated by Luigi Portirelli, volumes 1 and 2, published by Societa Tipographica de Classici Italiani, Milan 1804, brown leather bound (2)	£50 - £100	£50	View
505	WHARTON, THOMAS: ‘OBSERVATIONS ON THE FAERIE QUEENE OF SPENSER’ printed for R. and J. Dodsley, London, 1754, brown leather bound	£30 - £50	£80	View
506	HAMILTON, ELIZABETH: ‘MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF AGRIPPINA’ volumes 1-3, printed by R. Cruttwell, Bath for G. & J. Robinson, London 1804, grained brown calf bound with gilt tooled spines; together with one other title by Hamilton; and eleven other…	£100 - £200	£260	View
507	HASTINGS, WARREN: ‘MEMOIRS RELATIVE TO THE STATE OF INDIA’ new edition, printed for J. Murray, London, 1786, full brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red leather half title, and with Moor Park bookplate	£30 - £50	£60	View
508	A 17TH CENTURY BOOK OF PSALMS lacking title page, with Commination to early pages, gilt tooled green leather bound, inscribed in ink ‘Robert Williams Esq, Moor Park’	£30 - £50	£40	View
509	‘LETTERS OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS’ volumes 1-3, published by Henry Colburn, London 1842-3, three-quarter red leather bound with marbled boards; together with a collection of antiquarian literature, history and theology books (12)	£50 - £100	£120	View
510	WILBERFORCE, ROBERT ISAAC AND WILBERFORCE, SAMUEL: ‘THE LIFE OF WILLIAM WILBERFORCE’ volumes 1-5, published by John Murray, London 1838, brown three-quarter leather bound with red leather half titles and marbled boards (5)	£50 - £100	£100	View
511	‘A COMPARATIVE DISPLAY….ON THE SUBJECT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION’ volumes 1-2, printed for J. Debrett, London 1793, gilt tooled brown calf bound with Bridehead bookplates (2)	£50 - £100	£140	View
512	‘ELEGANT EXTRACTS’ volumes 1-6, printed for B. Law et al, London 1797, spotted brown calf bound, the gilt tooled spine with black and red leather half titles; together with three other antiquarian books (9)	£50 - £100	£40	View
513	CAMPBELL, GEORGE: ‘INDIA AS IT MAY BE’ published by John Murray, London, 1853, three-quarter red leather bound with gilt tooled spine, green leather half title and marbled boards	£50 - £100	£150	View
514	‘THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON’ 'with Some Account of the Life of Milton' by Rev. Henry John Todd, volumes 1-6, printed for J. Johnson et al, London 1801, gilt tooled brown leather bound with Bridehead bookplates; together with…	£50 - £100	£160	View
515	BRITTON, JOHN AND BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE: ‘THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES’ volumes 1-6, printed by Thomas Maiden, Sherbourne-Lane, for Vernor and Hood et al, London 1801, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards, red and green leather half titles and Bridehead…	£100 - £200	-	View
516	‘THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU’ volumes 1-5, printed for Richard Phillips, London 1803, gilt tooled and mottled black and red leather bound, with Bridehead bookplates and retaining plates including facsimile letters (5)	£50 - £100	£190	View
517	ARIOSTO, LODOVICO: ‘ORLANDO FURIOSO’ with introduction by Agostino Isola, volumes 1-4, printed by J. Archdeacon, Cambridge, 1789, brown calf bound with red leather half titles and Bridehead bookplates; together with the ‘Memoirs of [the…	£100 - £200	£150	View
518	HOADLY, BENJAMIN: ‘THE ORIGINAL AND INSTITUTION OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT’ printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St Paul’s Church-Yard, 1710, floral tooled brown leather calf with red leather half title, and with Moor Park bookplate	£50 - £100	£40	View
519	DE VERTOT: ‘THE REVOLUTIONS OF PORTUGAL’ AND ‘THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION IN SWEDEN’ the former printed for W. Taylor, London 1724, the latter translated by J. Mitchell, sixth edition and printed for James and John Knapton, London 1729, both bound in brown calf with gilt tooled…	£100 - £200	£80	View
520	‘A COLLECTION OF SCARCE AND INTERESTING TRACTS’ volumes 1-4, printed for J. Debrett, London 1788, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards and Bridehead bookplates; together with ten other antiquarian history, theology and literature…	£100 - £200	£160	View
521	HOOPER, W: 'RATIONAL RECREATIONS' third edition, volume 1, printed for L. Davis, London 1787, grained brown calf bound with gilt tooled spine, Bridehead bookplate and retaining coloured fold-out plates; together with thirteen other…	£100 - £200	£160	View
522	'A TREATISE ON THE POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS' fourth edition, printed by H. Fry, London 1797, full brown leather bound with gilt tooled spine, and Robert Williams Junior bookplate	£50 - £100	£60	View
523	HUNTER, WILLIAM: 'TRAVELS THROUGH FRANCE, TURKEY AND HUNGARY TO VIENNA IN 1792' third edition, volumes 1-2, printed for J. White, London 1803, gilt tooled and brown calf bound with green leather half titles and Bridehead bookplates (2)	£150 - £250	£150	View
524	'THÉATRE DE P. CORNEILLE AVEC LES COMMENTAIRES DE VOLTAIRE' new edition, volumes 1-12, published by Bossange, Masson et Besson, Paris 1797, spotted brown calf bound with gilt tooled spines and Bridehead bookplate; together with three other antiquarian volumes…	£100 - £200	£60	View
525	MALCOLM, MAJOR GENERAL SIR JOHN: 'A MEMOIR OF CENTRAL INDIA' volumes 1-2, printed for Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen, London 1823, gilt tooled purple leather bound with green leather half titles, retaining fold-out maps (2)	£150 - £250	£240	View
526	DOBSON, MRS: 'THE LIFE OF PETRARCH' fourth edition, volumes 1-2, printed by T. Maiden for Vernor and Hood et al, London 1799, brown three-quarter leather bound with elegant marble boards and gilt tooled spines, with Bridehead…	£100 - £200	£80	View
527	TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS: 'OPERA' edited by Gabriel Brotier, Latin text, volumes 1-4, printed by Jacob Mundell, Edinburgh for G.G. & J. Robinson, London 1796, gilt tooled red leather bound with Bridehead bookplates and attractive…	£200 - £400	£130	View
528	STURM, C.C.: 'REFLECTIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR ON THE WORKS OF GOD' ninth edition, volumes 1-3, printed by J. Moir for S. Cheyne, Edinburgh 1806, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt tooled spines, marbled boards and Robert Williams bookplates; together with…	£100 - £200	£140	View
529	STERNHOLD, THOMAS AND HOPKINS, JOHN: 'THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METRE' printed for the Company of Stationers, London 1682, original gilt tooled maroon leather binding with marbled flyleaves and inscribed in ink "Robert Williams, Esq. Moor Park"	£50 - £100	£70	View
530	DISRAELI, BENJAMIN: 'SYBIL, OR THE TWO NATIONS' first edition, volumes 1-3, published by Henry Colburn, London 1845, brown three-quarter leather bound with blue marbled boards, black and green leather half titles; together with eight other…	£200 - £400	£440	View
531	VAUGHAN, ROBERT (ED.): 'THE PROTECTOR OF OLIVER CROMWELL' volumes 1-2, published by Henry Colburn, London 1838, brown three-quarter leather bound with marbled boards, black and red leather half titles (2)	£30 - £50	£80	View
532	TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS: 'OPÉRA' edited by Gabriel Brotier, volumes 1-4, published by Wittaker, London 1823, brown calf bound with red and black leather half titles and Robert Williams bookplates; together with Aristophanis: …	£100 - £200	£140	View
533	BOSWELL, JAMES: 'THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LLD' volumes 1-4, printed for J. Richardson & Co. et al, London 1823, brown calf bound with black leather half titles (4)	£50 - £100	£40	View
534	CORNISH, CHARLES J: 'SIR WILLIAM HENRY FLOWER - A PERSONAL MEMOIR' published by MacMillan & Co., London 1904, gilt tooled green leather bound, with presentation inscription to front fly leaf "To Margaret Peck and Phillip Williams with every good wish from the…	£30 - £50	£60	View
535	HARDY, FRANCIS: 'MEMOIRS OF THE POLITICAL AND PRIVATE LIFE OF JAMES CAULFIELD, EARL OF CHARLEMONT' second edition, volumes 1-2, printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, London 1812, with black leather half titles; together with a selection of antiquarian classical literature and theological volumes…	£100 - £200	£90	View
536	SMITH, ADAM: 'AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS’ ninth edition, volumes 1-3, printed for A. Strahan, T. Cadell Junior, and W. Davies, London 1799, mottled brown leather bound with black leather half titles and Moor Park bookplates (3)	£500 - £1,000	£750	View
537	OCKLEY, SIMON: 'THE HISTORY OF THE SARACENS' third edition, volumes 1-2, printed for the sole benefit of Mrs Ann Ockley, Cambridge 1757, brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red leather half titles, with Moor Park bookplates and…	£150 - £250	£170	View
538	ROBERTSON, J: 'A TREATISE ON SUCH MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS AS ARE USUALLY PUT INTO A PORTABLE CASE' second edition, printed for T. Heath and J. Nourse, Strand, London 1757, brown leather bound with red leather half title, Moorpark bookplate and retaining numerous fold-out plates	£200 - £300	£140	View
539	MONEY, J: 'THE HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1792' printed for E. Marloy, London 1794, grained brown leather bound with green leather half title, Bridehead bookplate and retaining fold-out plates	£100 - £200	£170	View
540	WHITAKER, JOHN: 'MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS VINDICATED' second edition, volumes 1-3, printed for J. Murray, London 1790, gilt tooled grained brown leather bound, with black leather half titles; together with a selection of antiquarian theology and…	£100 - £200	£150	View
541	AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCRAPBOOK the gilt tooled brown leather bound volume with red leather half title 'Picture Book', formed of coloured silk trimmed linen leaves, the majority of which pasted with watercolours and coloured prints…	£150 - £250	£90	View
542	COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR: 'POEMS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AT BRISTOL BY THOMAS ROWLEY AND OTHERS' printed by B. Flower for the editor, Cambridge 1794, brown leather bound with attractive oval paterae to boards, green leather half title and urn devices, together with Bridehead bookplates	£100 - £200	£100	View

Total lots: 753

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