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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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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
543	HUME, DAVID: 'THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND' new edition, volumes 1-8, printed for T. Cadell, London 1796; together with Smollett, T: 'The History of England', new edition, volumes 1-5, printed for T. Cadell, London 1800, all bound in matching…	£200 - £400	£140	View
544	LAYARD, AUSTEN H: 'DISCOVERIES IN THE RUINS OF NINEVEH AND BABYLON' published by John Murray, London 1853, gilt tooled red leather bound with titled spine and retaining numerous fold-out and other illustrations to plates	£100 - £200	£100	View
545	'AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL AND METRO POLITICAL CHURCH OF ST. PETER, YORK' volumes 1-2, printed by A. Ward for C. Etherington et al, York 1770, gilt brown leather bound, with Bridehead bookplates and retaining fold-out plates; together with a selection of antiquarian…	£100 - £200	£170	View
546	ROLLIN, CHARLES: 'THE ANCIENT HISTORY' eighth edition, volumes 1-8, printed at the Apollo Press for A. Guthrie, Edinburgh 1789, grained brown calf bound with red leather half titles, with Robert Williams Junior bookplate and retaining…	£200 - £400	£380	View
547	RUSSELL, WILLIAM: 'THE HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE' volumes 1-5, printed for G. G. J. & J. Robinson, London 1789, grained brown leather bound with black leather half titles, with Robert Williams Junior bookplates (5)	£100 - £200	£70	View
548	'THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM' printed for the author and sold by C. Kearsley, London 1783, brown calf bound, with red leather half title and Bridehead bookplate	£30 - £50	£50	View
549	SIMON, BARBARA ANN: 'THE HOPE OF ISRAEL' published by R. B. Seeley et al, London 1829, three-quarter maroon leather bound with marbled covers and gilt tooled spine, the front flyleaf inscribed in ink 'Fanny Williams, June 1829'	£100 - £200	£100	View
550	FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY: TWO COPIES OF 'HISTORY OF ENGLAND' each copy with volumes 1-6, second edition, published by John W. Parter, London 1858, and a later edition, published by Longman Green Longman et al, London, all bound in matching gilt tooled brown…	£200 - £400	£190	View
551	EUSTACE, JOHN CHETWODE: 'A CLASSICAL TOUR THROUGH ITALY AD1802' volumes 1-4, printed for J. Mawman, London 1817, full gilt tooled brown leather binding with black and red half titles to spines, with Bridehead bookplates and retaining fold-out plate to volume one …	£100 - £200	£100	View
552	CATULLUS, GAIUS VALERIUS: 'OPERA' volumes 1-2, published by Frederic Leonard, Paris 1685, full brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red and green half titles, and with Bridehead bookplates (2)	£50 - £100	£120	View
553	VENN, H: 'THE COMPLETE DUTY OF MAN' printed by D. Schaw, Edinburgh for Ogle & Aikmen et al, London 1803, full brown leather bound with black half title, with Bridehead bookplate; together with Teignmouth, Lord: 'Memoirs of the Life…	£50 - £100	£200	View
554	'A NEW AND GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY' new edition, volumes 1-15, printed for G. G. & J. Robinson et al, London 1798, three-quarter gilt tooled brown leather bound with marble boards and titled spines, with Bridehead bookplates,…	£200 - £300	£110	View
555	GAY, JOHN: 'FABLES' volumes 1-2, printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, London 1793, bound together within three-quarter gilt tooled brown leather with marbled boards and attractively tooled spine, with Robert Williams…	£100 - £200	£140	View
556	ADDINGTON, STEPHEN: 'A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON AFFLICTIONS' printed for the author, London 1779, full brown leather bound with gilt tooled spine; and a collection of antiquarian books relating to Christianity, history and literature (21)	£100 - £200	£60	View
557	HASSELL, J: 'PICTURESQUE RIDES AND WALKS' AND 'TOUR OF THE GRAND JUNCTION' both printed for J. Hassell, London, the former title volumes 1 and 2, 1817, gilt tooled brown leather bound, the latter 1819, three-quarter brown leather bound with green half title and marble…	£150 - £250	£120	View
558	MOORE, JOHN: 'A VIEW OF THE SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN ITALY' AND 'A VIEW OF THE SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN FRANCE, SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY' fourth and seventh editions respectively, both with volumes 1 and 2, both printed for A. Strahan, London 1787 and 1789, bound in matching full brown leather with red leather half titles and Robert…	£100 - £200	£80	View
559	DALRYMPLE, SIR JOHN: 'MEMOIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND' volumes 1-3, printed for A. Strahan et al, London 1790, full brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red and green leather half titles, with Bridehead bookplates; together with five other…	£50 - £100	£120	View
560	MACAULAY, THOMAS BABBINGTON: 'THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND' volumes 1-5 and four other titles, mostly published by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, London 1849-1876; together with 'Biographies' published by Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh 1860, all…	£150 - £250	£110	View
561	'AN AUTHENTIC COPY OF THE CORRESPONDENCE IN INDIA BETWEEN THE COUNTRY POWERS AND THE ... EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SERVANTS' volumes 1-6, printed for J. Debrett, London 1787, spotted brown calf binding, the gilt tooled spines with black leather half titles, with Bridehead bookplates (6)	£150 - £250	£340	View
562	SABELLICO, MARC ANTONIO COCCIO: 'DEGL' ISTORICI DELLE COSE VENEZIANE' (History of Venice), volumes 1-10, published Lovisa, Venice 1718-1722, full brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with numbered half titles and with Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier…	£200 - £400	£170	View
563	HOMES, DR. NATHANIEL: 'THE RESURRECTION REVEALED: OR THE DAWNING OF THE DAY-STAR' printed by Robert Ibbitson, London 1653, complete with statement page at start of work signed 'Peter Sterry' and 'Joseph Caryll' dated October 19th and October 13th 1653 respectively, later 19th…	£100 - £200	£100	View
564	LANGHORNE, JOHN, AND LANGHORNE, WILLIAM: 'PLUTARCH'S LIVES' fifth edition, volumes 1-6, printed for C. Dilly, London 1792, gilt tooled brown leather bound with Bridehead bookplates; together with seven other antiquarian books relating to Christianity, history…	£100 - £200	£150	View
565	'AN UNIVERSAL HISTORY' comprising two titles: 'An Universal History from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time', volumes 1-18, and 'The Modern Part of An Universal History', volumes 1-38; together with four…	£500 - £1,000	£950	View
566	THUCYDIDES: 'BELLO PELOPONNESIACO' (History of the Peloponnesian War), translated by Emmanuel Bekkeri, volumes 1-4, printed by J. Parker, Oxford 1821; together with ten other Latin text volumes of classical works, all bound in gilt…	£100 - £200	£60	View
567	FLEURY, ABBÉ: 'A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT ISRAELITES' edited by A. Clarke, published by W. Baynes, London 1802, spotted brown leather bound with green leather half title; together with 'The Ladies Library', sixth edition, volumes 1-3, published by Sir…	£100 - £200	£160	View
568	'THE BRIDGEWATER TREATISES' nos. 1-8, published by William Pickering, London 1833-1836, in matching gilt tooled brown leather binding with Bridehead bookplates, volume two of Treatise Six retaining coloured fold-out plates (12)	£300 - £500	£400	View
569	HOADLEY, BENJAMIN: 'THE MEASURES OF SUBMISSION TO THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE CONSIDERED' fourth edition, printed for James Knapton, London 1710, original tooled brown leather binding with half title; together with a collection of antiquarian books relating to Christianity, classical…	£200 - £400	£280	View
570	'THE WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS' translated by Thompson & Price, volumes 1-2, printed for Fielding and Walker, London 1777, full brown leather bound with black and red leather half titles, with Robert Williams Junior bookplates,…	£100 - £200	£120	View
571	GUEST, LADY CHARLOTTE: 'THE MABINOGION' published by Bernard Quaritch, London 1877, half red leather bound with pictorial tooled spine and marbled boards	£30 - £50	£80	View
572	HOWELL, T. B: 'A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF STATE TRIALS' volumes 1-26 and 32 (1163-1817) published by Longman, Hurst et al, London 1824, three-quarter brown leather binding with green paper boards, black leather half titles and Bridehead bookplates (27)	£200 - £400	£420	View
573	COWPER, WILLIAM: 'THE TASK' AND 'TABLE TALK' both printed for John Sharpe, London 1825, matching gilt tooled brown leather bound; together with a collection of antiquarian books, mostly Latin (16)	£100 - £200	£50	View
574	COOPER, EDWARD J: 'EGYPTIAN SCENERY' published by John Murray, London, full brown leather bound with Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey, Wrest Park bookplate, six fold-out plates, unpaginated, no title page and with only half title to spine …	£1,000 - £2,000	£650	View
575	LIGHT, HENRY: 'TRAVELS IN EGYPT, NUBIA, HOLY LAND, MT. LEBANON AND CYPRUS IN THE YEAR 1814' printed for Rodwell & Martin, London 1818, brown leather bound with gilt tooled spine, with Thomas Phillip, Earl de Grey, Wrest Park bookplate, the text with plate and folding 'Greek inscriptions…	£150 - £250	£120	View
576	'THE CHARITIES IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET' sold by James Newman, London 1839, brown three-quarter leather bound with marbled boards and containing three handwritten letters regarding Dorset charities dated 1895 and 1898	£30 - £50	£90	View
577	HARGRAVE, FRANCIS: 'A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF STATE-TRIALS AND PROCEEDINGS FOR HIGH TREASON' fourth edition, volumes 1-11, printed by T. Wright for Bathurst et al, London 1776, bound in six gilt tooled brown leather volumes, all with Bridehead bookplates (6)	£200 - £400	£120	View
578	GAY, JOHN: 'FABLES' volumes 1-2, printed for John Stockdale, London 1793, gilt tooled brown leather bound, the covers with grained rectangular panels, with Bridehead bookplates; together with Coleridge, ST: 'The…	£50 - £100	£80	View
579	HOMER: 'THE ILIAD' AND 'THE ODYSSEY' Latin text, edited by Samuel Clarke, each with volumes 1 and 2, both published by Knapton, London 1732 and 1740 respectively, all in matching gilt tooled brown leather binding with Bridehead…	£200 - £300	£600	View
580	HOPE, THOMAS: 'AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON ARCHITECTURE' 2nd edition, volumes 1 and 2, published by John Murray, London 1835, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards; together with a collection of theology, literature and history books (10)	£100 - £200	£110	View
581	TWENTY NINE 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUMES including: 'Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici', volumes 1-6, printed by S & J Bentley, London 1848, all member’s copies, some printed in red to inside flyleaves 'Robert Williams Jun.', Esq., cream…	£100 - £200	£40	View
582	ANSON, LORD GEORGE: 'A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD’ twelth edition, printed for T. Osborne et al, London 1767, full brown leather bound with black leather half ties, retaining Round the World fold-out plates	£150 - £250	£260	View
583	BACON, NATHANIEL: 'AN HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL DISCOURSE OF THE LAWS AND GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND' fifth edition, printed for Browne & Millar, London 1760, grained brown leather bound with red leather half title and Bridehead bookplate; together with Tomline, George: 'Memoirs of the Right…	£150 - £250	£80	View
584	BRUCE, JAMES: 'TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE' volumes 1-5, printed by J. Ruthven for G. G. J. & J. Robinson, London 1790, spotted brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with green leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates pasted over…	£200 - £400	£500	View
585	PARKINSON, SYDNEY: 'A JOURNAL OF THE VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE ENDEAVOUR' printed by Charles Dilly, London 1784, gilt tooled grained brown leather bound with Bridehead bookplates and retaining copious plates within the text	£300 - £500	£2,200	View
586	HARRIS, JOHN: 'A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE VOYAGES AND TRAVELS' volume 2 only, printed for T. Woodward et al, London 1748, full brown leather bound with attractive gilt tooled spine, Bridehead bookplate pasted over earlier bookplates and retaining fold-out charts…	£200 - £400	£950	View
587	VIRGIL: ‘OPERA’ including ‘Bucolica’ and ‘Georgica’ with commentaries by Servius, Beroaldo, Mancinelli and others, Badius edition, published Lyon 1517, early 18th century half red leather bound with black leather…	£500 - £1,000	£1,380	View
588	BORLASE, WILLIAM: 'OBSERVATIONS ON THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT STATE OF THE ISLANDS OF SCILLY' printed by W. Jackson, Oxford and sold by W. Sandby et al, London 1756, full brown leather bound, the spine gilt tooled with leaves and red leather half title, Bridehead bookplate and retaining fold…	£100 - £200	£280	View
589	MARÉCHAL, P. S. AND DAVID, F. A. (ILLUSTRATED BY): 'ANTIQUITÉS D'HERCULANUM' volumes 1-9, published by the author, F. A. David, rue Pierre-Sarrazin, no. 13, Paris 1780, attractive coloured and grained brown leather bound, the floral gilt tooled spine with red and black…	£200 - £400	£550	View
590	TURNER, SHARON: 'THE HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS' second edition, volumes 1-2, printed for Longman, Hurst et al, London 1807, grained brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with black leather half titles, Bridehead bookplate and retaining…	£100 - £200	£90	View

Total lots: 753

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