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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

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

Page:

of 16

Lots per page:

Total lots: 753

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
639 ‘THE WORKS OF LAURENCE STERNE’
volumes 1-8, printed for the proprietor, London, 1790, full brown calf bound, the gilt tooled spines with black leather half titles; together with another incomplete set of ‘The Works of Laurence…
£30 - £50 £80 View
640 ELLIS, WILLIAM: ‘NARRATIVE OF A TOUR THROUGH HAWAII’
quarto, second edition, published by H. Fisher, Son and P. Jackson, London 1827, full purple calf bound with gilt tooled spine
£50 - £100 £80 View
641 ‘EURIPIDIS OPERA OMNIA’
volumes 1-7 and 9, printed by Richard Priestley, Glasgow 1821, gilt tooled brown calf bound with black leather half titles (8)
£30 - £50 £60 View
642 BURKE, JOHN AND BURKE, JOHN BERNARD: ‘A…DICTIONARY OF THE LANDED GENTRY’
volumes 1-3, published by Henry Colburn, London 1847, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt tooled spines and marbled boards (3)
£100 - £200 £210 View
643 BURKE, JOHN: ‘A…HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND’
volumes 1-4, published for Henry Colburn, London 1833-8, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards, the spines with red and black leather half titles (4)
£100 - £200 £60 View
644 WALSH, THOMAS: ‘JOURNAL OF THE LATE CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT’
printed by Luke Hansard for T. Cadell Jnr and W. Davies, Strand, London 1803, full brown calf bound, the gilt tooled spine with red leather half title
£200 - £400 £240 View
645 BARETTI, JOSEPH: ‘A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES’
new edition, volumes 1 and 2 bound together, printed for Rivington et al, London 1790, full brown leather bound with black leather half title; together with an 1824 seventh edition, 2 volumes, of the…
£30 - £50 £30 View
646 ALISON, REV. ARCHIBALD: ‘ESSAYS ON THE NATURE AND PRINCIPLES OF TASTE’
printed for Robinson, London and Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh, 1790, full brown calf bound
£30 - £50 £70 View
647 ‘ASIATIC RESEARCHES, OR, TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY INSTITUTED IN BENGAL’
volumes 1-5, printed for J. Sewell et al, London 1799, gilt tooled brown leather bound (5)
£200 - £400 £900 View
648 BRYDGES, SIR EGERTON: ‘COLLINS’S PEERAGE OF ENGLAND’
volumes 2-9, printed for F. C. and J. Rivington et al, London 1812, full brown leather bound with gilt tooled spines and Bridehead bookplates (8)
£50 - £100 £140 View
649 ASHLEY, ANTHONY: ‘CHARACTERISTICKS OF MEN, MANNERS, OPINIONS, TIMES’
fourth edition, volumes 1-3, published 1727, full brown gilt tooled leather binding; together with a selection of antiquarian literature and educational volumes (18)
£100 - £200 £80 View
650 ‘A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF THE NATURE AND END OF THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S-SUPPER’
third edition, printed for James, John and Paul Knapton, at the Crown, Ludgate-Street, London, 1735, full brown leather bound, with Moor Park bookplate; together with four other Christianity related…
£30 - £50 £40 View
651 DELORT, J: ‘HISTOIRE DE L’HOMME AU MASQUE DE FER’
published by Delaforest, Paris, 1825, original gilt tooled maroon leather bound by C. Zillwood, Dorchester, retaining facsimile letters
£30 - £50 £90 View
652 GAVANTO, BARTOLOMMEO: ‘THESAURUS SACRORUM RITUUM’
books 1 and 2 published by Petri Chevalier, Lugundi (Lyon), 1672, bound together with ‘Enchiridion Sev Manuale Episcoporum’ parts 1 and 2 by the same author, also published by Chevalier, tooled…
£100 - £200 £130 View
653 LANG, ANDREW: ‘PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD’
limited edition no. 1116 of 1500; together with Skelton, Sir John: ‘Charles I’, both published by Goupil & Co, London 1900 and 1898 respectively, gilt tooled red cloth bound (2)
£30 - £50 - View
654 GRAY, THOMAS: ‘POEMS’
published at the Eton College Press, 1902, gilt tooled brown leather bound, presented to 'Philip CW Williams by Edward Warre, Magister Informator, Eton, 1904'
£30 - £50 £60 View
655 A SET OF FOUR EARLY 19TH CENTURY ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS OF DORSETSHIRE
sheets 15-18, engraved by Benjamin Baker and Assistants, paper sheets backed onto green edged linen, published by Lt. Col. Mudge and sold by James Gardner, Ordnance Maps agent, London 1813, each 68cm…
£150 - £250 £240 View
656 ‘TRANSACTIONS OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON’
second series, volumes 1-7 (years 1831-5), printed for the Society and sold by J. Hatchard et al, London 1835, three-quarter red leather binding with marbled boards, retaining coloured plates (7)
£200 - £400 £600 View
657 TAPLIN, WILLIAM: ‘THE SPORTSMAN’S CABINET’
first edition, volumes 1 and 2, printed and published for the Proprietors by J. Dundee, London 1803-4, original three-quarter green leather binding with marbled boards by S. Mepham, Dorchester (2)
£200 - £400 £260 View
658 PICART, BERNARD AND BERNARD, JEAN FREDERIC: ‘THE CEREMONIES AND RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS OF THE VARIOUS NATIONS OF THE KNOWN WORLD’
volumes 1-6, printed by William Jackson for Claude de Bosc, engraver at the Golden Head, Covent Garden, 1733-7, full brown calf bound with gilt tooled spines, retaining plates and with Bridehead…
£300 - £500 £650 View
659 LEONI, GIACOMO: ‘THE ARCHITECTURE OF A. PALLADIO; IN FOUR BOOKS’
volumes 1-2 comprising books 1-3 in English, French and Italian, printed by John Watts, London, 1715, tooled brown suede bound with gilt tooled half titles, retaining plates and with Moor Park…
£300 - £500 £2,550 View
660 RUSSELL, WILLIAM OLDNALL: ‘A TREATISE ON CRIMES AND INDICTABLE MISDEMEANOURS’
second edition, volumes 1-2, published by Joseph Butterworth, London, 1826, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards and red and black leather half titles (2)
£30 - £50 £50 View
661 STEPHENS, HENRY: ‘THE BOOK OF THE FARM’
volumes 1-3, published by William Blackwood and Sons, London, 1845, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards, red and black leather half titles, retaining plates (3)
£100 - £200 £80 View
662 NEWTON, REV. JOHN: ‘THE WORKS’
second edition, volumes 1-6, printed for the author’s nephew and sold by T. Hamilton et al, London, 1816, gilt tooled brown calf bound (6)
£50 - £100 £40 View
663 BENSON, ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER: ‘FASTI ETONENSES - A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF ETON’
published by R. Ingalton Drake, Eton, 1899, gilt tooled brown calf bound and inscribed to front flyleaf ‘Philip F.C Williams with all best wishes from his Tutor Stuart A. Donaldson, Eton Election…
£30 - £50 £30 View
664 CONYBEARE, REV. W. J. AND HOWSON, REV. J. S.: ‘THE LIFE AND EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL’
volumes 1-2, published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, London 1853, gilt tooled blue leather bound; together with Glasse, Rev. Samuel ‘The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ’, volumes 1 and…
£30 - £50 £55 View
665 ‘ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA’
third edition, volumes 1-18, with two volume supplement A-I and I-Z, all printed for A. Bell and C. Mac Farquhar, Edinburgh, 1797, all bound in matching gilt tooled calf with red and black leather…
£300 - £500 £900 View
666 ROSS, SIR JOHN: ‘NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE’
published by A. W. Webster, London 1835, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards, gilt tooled spine and yellow fore edge, retaining fold-out maps and plates, one volume only
£200 - £400 £120 View
667 LEWIS, SAMUEL: ‘A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF WALES’ AND ‘A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLAND’
the former with volumes 1 and 2, the latter with volumes 1-4, both published by S. Lewis and Co, London 1833, all bound in matching three-quarter brown leather with marbled boards and yellow fore…
£200 - £400 £150 View
668 HAGHE, LOUIS, AFTER DAVID ROBERTS: ‘THE HOLY LAND’
volumes 1-6, with text by Rev. George Croley, lithographed, printed and published by Day & Son, London 1855, bound in three volumes with red three-quarter leather and green cloth boards by…
£400 - £600 £700 View
669 ‘ENGLAND AND WALES - RETURN OF OWNERS OF LAND 1873’
volumes 1 and 2, printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode for HMSO, London 1875, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt tooled spines and red cloth boards (2)
£100 - £200 £100 View
670 JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH: ‘THE HANDY ROYAL ATLAS OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY’
published by William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1868, three-quarter green leather bound with green cloth boards, retaining plates
£50 - £100 £30 View
671 BUCHANANI (BUCHANAN) GEORGII (GEORGE): ‘OPERA OMNIA’
edited by Thomas Ruddiman, volumes 1-2, printed by Robert Freebairn, Edinburgh 1715, full calf bound with gilt tooled spines and Bridehead bookplates designed by G. Haines and engraved by W. H. Toms,…
£150 - £250 £150 View
672 MAYO, CHARLES: ‘A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN STATES’
printed by S. Hazard, Bath for G. G. and J. Robinson, London, 1793, full spotted brown calf with gilt tooled spine and Bridehead bookplate
£100 - £200 £80 View
673 ‘SERMONS OR HOMILIES APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES DURING THE TIME OF QUEEN ELIZABETH’
printed by Ellerton & Henderson for the Prayer-Book and Homily Society, London 1815, tooled brown leather bound with gilt tooled spine, pencil annotation to front flyleaf ‘Robert Williams,…
£50 - £100 £30 View
674 WELLER, EDWARD: ‘PHILIPS’ ATLAS OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND’
new edition with index by John Bartholomew, published by George Philip and Son, London and Liverpool, red three-quarter leather bound with gilded red cloth boards and spine, inscribed to front…
£50 - £100 £70 View
675 KITCHEN, THOMAS: ‘A GENERAL ATLAS DESCRIBING THE WHOLE UNIVERSE’
printed and sold by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map, Chart and Print Sellers, London 1780, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt lettered spine and brown cloth boards, retaining folding maps and…
£1,000 - £2,000 £4,000 View
676 BUCHOZ, M: ‘PLANCHES ENLUMINÉES ET NON ENLUMINÉES’
volumes (‘centuries’) 1 and 2, uncoloured, mostly published by the author, rue de la Harpe 1778-81, but also some by Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam, three-quarter red leather bound with marbled boards…
£2,000 - £4,000 £1,400 View
677 BURN, RICHARD: 'THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND PARISH OFFICER'
volumes 1, 2 and 4, printed for T. Cadell et al, London 1836, brown leather bound with red leather half titles (3)
£30 - £50 £20 View
678 'BRITISH HUSBANDRY; EXHIBITING THE FARMING PRACTICE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM'
volumes 1-3, published by Baldwin & Cradock, London 1834; together with Low, David: 'Elements of Practical Agriculture', 4th edition, published by Longman, London and Adam & Charles Black,…
£100 - £200 £200 View
679 LYSONS, REVEREND DANIEL: 'THE ENVIRONS OF LONDON'
volumes 1-4, printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Junior and W. Davies, London 1791, gilt tooled grained brown leather bound with red and black leather half titles, Robert Williams Junior bookplates…
£300 - £500 £260 View
680 NICHOLSON, PETER: 'AN ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DICTIONARY'
volumes 1-2, published by John Weale, London 1835, three-quarter brown leather bound with tooled and lettered spines, marbled boards and retaining numerous plates within the text (2)
£200 - £400 £120 View
681 AIMSWORTH, ROBERT: 'THESAURUS LINGAE LATINAE COMPENDIARIUS'
new edition, volumes 1-2, printed for T. Longman et al, London 1796, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spines and Bridehead bookplates; together with Vieyra, Anthony: 'A Dictionary of the…
£100 - £200 - View
682 H. B. (JOHN DOYLE): 'POLITICAL SKETCHES'
volumes 1-9, published by Thomas McLean, Haymarket and S. W. Fores, Piccadilly, folio, three-quarter red leather bound; together with two copies of 'Descriptive Key to HB nos. 601-800', published by…
£2,000 - £4,000 £1,400 View
683 THOMSON, JAMES: 'THE SEASONS'
illustrated with engravings by Bartolozzi and Tomkins after W. Hamilton, printed by T. Bensley for Longman et al, London 1807, folio, attractively gilt tooled brown leather bound, the titled spine…
£300 - £500 £240 View
684 LEBRUN, M: 'GALERIE DES PEINTRES FLAMANDS, HOLLANDAIS ET ALLEMANDS'
volumes 1-3, published by the author at rue du Gros-Chenet and Poignant at rue et Hotel Serpente, Paris, 1792-1796, bound in two gilt tooled brown leather volumes, with titled spines, watered purple…
£300 - £500 £550 View
685 ROBERTSON, WILLIAM: 'THE WORKS'
volumes 1-8, printed for T. Cadell, London 1827, gilt tooled blue leather bound with red leather half titles and Robert Williams bookplate, volumes 6, 7 and 8 retaining fold-out maps (8)
£100 - £200 £60 View
686 'THE ANNUAL REGISTER'
volume 11 (1768), volume 15 (1772) and volume 21 (1778), fourth, fourth and third editions respectively, printed for J. Dodsley, London 1786; together with 'General Index to Dodsley's Annual Register…
£50 - £100 £50 View

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