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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

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of 30

Lots per page:

Total lots: 715

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
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
591 COWPER, WILLIAM: 'POEMS'
new edition, volumes 1 & 2, printed for J. Johnson, London 1800, bottle green leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red leather half titles; together with Aeliani: 'Varia Historia', edited by…
£100 - £200 £70 View
592 CALOVIO, ABRAHAM: 'AUGUSTANAE CONFESSIONIS'
published by Joachimi Bildens Leipzig, original brown leather binding; together with three other Christian theology books (4)
£100 - £200 £50 View
593 EPICTETI: 'DISSERTATIONES AB ARRIANO COLLECTAE'
edited by Joannes Uptonus, volumes 1-2, printed by Woodward, London 1741, gilt tooled, brown leather bound, the spines with raised ridge bands and titles, with Bridehead bookplates (2)
£50 - £100 £80 View
594 AULUS, GELLIUS: 'NOCTIUM ATTICARUM'
books 1-20, with notes by Johannes Fredericus and Jacobus Gronovii, published by Boutesteyn and Du Vivie, Leiden 1706, all contained in one tooled vellum bound volume with handwritten half title to…
£100 - £200 £150 View
595 PHAEDRI: 'FABULARUM AESOPIARUM'
books 1-5, published by Fratrum Barbou, Paris 1726, all contained in vellum binding with ink half title to spine, Moor Park bookplate and retaining decorative frontispiece
£100 - £200 £150 View
596 MANILII, M: 'ASTRONOMICON'
books 1-5, with notes by Michael Fayus, published by Fredericum Leonard, Paris 1679, all contained in one tooled vellum binding with ink half title, with Bridehead bookplate and retaining decorative…
£100 - £200 £340 View
597 FESTI (FESTUS), SEX. POMPEI AND FLACCI (FLACCUS) MAR. VERRII: 'DE VERBORUM SIGNIFICATIONE'
books 1-20, illustrated by Andreas Dacerius, published by Huguetanorum, Amsterdam 1699, all contained in tooled vellum binding with ink half title, with Bridehead bookplate and retaining decorative…
£100 - £200 £170 View
598 NASONIS, PUBLII OVIDII (OVID): 'OPERA OMNIA'
edited by Peter Burman and others, volumes 1-4, published by Janssonio Waesbergios, Amsterdam 1727, tooled vellum bound with ink half titles, with Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier bookplates…
£300 - £500 £600 View
599 MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLÒ: 'TUTTE L'OPERE'
with preface by Giuseppe Baretti, volumes 1-3, printed for Tommaso Davies, London 1772, full brown leather bound with gilt titled spines and Bridehead bookplates (3)
£100 - £200 £160 View
600 WITTMAN, WILLIAM: 'TRAVELS IN TURKEY, ASIA MINOR, SYRIA AND ACROSS THE DESERT INTO EGYPT'
printed for Richard Phillips, London 1803, spotted brown leather bound, the spine with black leather half title, with Thomas Phillip Earl Grey Wrest part bookplate and retaining numerous coloured…
£300 - £500 £440 View
601 WILSON, ROBERT THOMAS: 'HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO EGYPT'
with illustrations by Sir Ralph Abercromby, second edition, printed by C. Roworth and sold by T. Egerton, Whitehall 1803, with gilt tooled brown leather binding, titled spine, with Bridehead…
£300 - £500 £200 View
602 HAYLEY, WILLIAM: 'THE LIFE AND POSTHUMOUS WRITINGS OF WILLIAM COWPER'
volumes 1-3, printed by J. Seagrave, Chichester, for J. Johnson, London 1803, brown leather bound with gilt titled spine and Bridehead bookplates; together with Teignmouth, Lord: two copies of …
£100 - £200 £80 View

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