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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

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 715

CARRINGTON, JOHN BODMAN AND HUGHES, GEORGE RAVENSWORTH: 'THE PLATE OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GOLDSMITHS'
Lot 603 Sold
CARRINGTON, JOHN BODMAN AND HUGHES, GEORGE RAVENSWORTH: 'THE PLATE OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GOLDSMITHS'
two copies, both printed at The University Press, Oxford 1926, in gilt tooled leather and red cloth binding respectively, the latter retaining compliment slip from The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths (2)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
HUME, DAVID: 'THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
Lot 604 Sold
HUME, DAVID: 'THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
volumes 1-5, printed by T. Bensley, Bolt-Court, Fleet-Street, for Robert Bowyer, Pall-Mall, London 1806, folio size gilt tooled red leather bound with titled spines, inscribed in ink to front end paper of volume 1 'To Robert Williams .... upon his marriage ... By William Harry Perceval ... Compton Valance Sept. 7. 1847' (5)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
GIBBON, EDWARD: 'THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE'
Lot 605 Sold
GIBBON, EDWARD: 'THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE'
fourth edition, volumes 1-6, printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London 1781; together with 'Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq.' volumes 1-3, volumes 1 and 2 printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell Junior, London 1796, volume 3 printed for John Murray, London 1815, all bound in matching grained brown leather with red leather half titles to spines and with Bridehead bookplates (9)
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
CAREW, RICHARD: 'SURVEY OF CORNWALL'
Lot 606 Sold
CAREW, RICHARD: 'SURVEY OF CORNWALL'
with notes by Tomkin and Lord de Dunstanville, printed by T. Bensley for Faulder, London and Rees & Curtis, Plymouth 1811, grained brown leather bound with black leather half title and Bridehead bookplate; together with Nelson, Robert: 'A Companion for Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England', 35th edition, printed for Rivington et al, London 1821, gilt tooled brown leather bound (2)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
MARSHALL, JOHN: 'THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'
Lot 607 Sold
MARSHALL, JOHN: 'THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'
volumes 1-5, printed for Richard Phillips, London 1804, gilt tooled leather binding with titled spines, Bridehead bookplates, volume 1 retaining the Washington portrait frontispiece (5)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
ROSCOE, WILLIAM: 'THE LIFE AND PONTIFICATE OF LEO THE TENTH'
Lot 608 Sold
ROSCOE, WILLIAM: 'THE LIFE AND PONTIFICATE OF LEO THE TENTH'
volumes 1-4, printed by J. McCreery for T. Cadell & W. Davies, London 1805, gilt tooled leather bound with titled spines and Bridehead bookplates (4)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
EDWARDS, BRYAN: 'THE HISTORY, CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL, OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN THE WEST INDIES'
Lot 609 Sold
EDWARDS, BRYAN: 'THE HISTORY, CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL, OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN THE WEST INDIES'
second edition, volumes 1-2, printed for John Stockdale, London 1794, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt titled spines and marbled boards, Bridehead bookplates and retaining copious fold-out maps and plates (2)
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
BUCKINGHAM, J. S.: 'TRAVELS IN PALESTINE THROUGH THE COUNTRIES OF BASHAN AND GILEAD'
Lot 610 Sold
BUCKINGHAM, J. S.: 'TRAVELS IN PALESTINE THROUGH THE COUNTRIES OF BASHAN AND GILEAD'
printed for Longman et al, London 1821, brown leather bound with gilt titled spine, Bridehead bookplate and retaining copious plates and maps within the text, with a folding map of Palestine dated 1818
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
LYON, CAPTAIN G. F.: 'A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA'
Lot 611 Sold
LYON, CAPTAIN G. F.: 'A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA'
published by John Murray, London 1821, gilt tooled brown leather bound with red leather half title, Bridehead bookplate and retaining copious coloured illustrations within the text, with fold-out map titled 'Map of a Route through the Regency of Tripoli and Kingdom of Fezzan'
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
PORTLOCK, CAPTAIN NATHANIEL: 'A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD'
Lot 612 Sold
PORTLOCK, CAPTAIN NATHANIEL: 'A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD'
printed for John Stockdale and George Goulding, London 1789, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine and retaining numerous fold-out charts and plates within the text including ornithological studies
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
PENNANT, THOMAS: 'SOME ACCOUNT OF LONDON'
Lot 613 Sold
PENNANT, THOMAS: 'SOME ACCOUNT OF LONDON'
second edition, printed for Robert Faulder, London 1791, grained brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red leather half title, Bridehead bookplate and retaining numerous plates including folding map of 'London and Westminster in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Anno Domini 1563'
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
BACON, FRANCIS: 'THE WORKS'
Lot 614 Sold
BACON, FRANCIS: 'THE WORKS'
volumes 1-5, printed for Rivington & Sons et al, London 1778, gilt tooled brown leather binding with titled spines, Bridehead book plates and retaining plates within the text including fold-out 'The General Distribution of Human Knowledge'; together with Stanhope, Phillip Dormer: 'Miscellaneous Works', volumes 1-2, printed for Edward & Charles Dilly, London 1777; and Stanhope, Eugenia: 'Letters Written by Phillip Dormer Stanhope', volumes 1-2, printed for J. Dodsley, London 1774,
all four volumes in matching gilt tooled grained brown leather binding with red leather half titles…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
BEAUMONT, ALBANIS: 'TRAVELS THROUGH THE MARITIME ALPS FROM ITALY TO LYONS ACROSS THE COL DE TENDE'
Lot 615 Sold
BEAUMONT, ALBANIS: 'TRAVELS THROUGH THE MARITIME ALPS FROM ITALY TO LYONS ACROSS THE COL DE TENDE'
printed by T. Bentley for J. Edwards et al, London 1795, folio, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine, Bridehead bookplate pasted over earlier bookplate and retaining extensive mezzotints to text
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
CAMDEN, WILLIAM: 'BRITANNIA: OR A COROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION'
Lot 616 Sold
CAMDEN, WILLIAM: 'BRITANNIA: OR A COROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION'
from the 1607 edition, enlarged by Richard Gough, volumes 1-3, printed by John Nichols for T. Payne & Son et al, London 1789, mottled brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with red and green leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier bookplates and retaining an extensive selection of plates within the texts and fold-out maps, including for example Great Britain and Ireland with Judges Circuits (opposite page 144) (3)
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
DANIELL, THOMAS AND WILLIAM: 'ORIENTAL SCENERY'
Lot 617 Sold
DANIELL, THOMAS AND WILLIAM: 'ORIENTAL SCENERY'
parts 1-5; together with Wales, James and Daniell, Thomas: 'Hindoo Excavations in the Mountain of Ellora', all published by William Daniell and Longman et al, London 1812-1816, reduced Quarto edition, contained in two gilt tooled red leather bound volumes with titled spines, attractive marbled boards, Bridehead bookplates and retaining all plates (2)
Hammer price: £8,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
AYTON, RICHARD AND DANIELL, WILLIAM: 'A VOYAGE ROUND GREAT BRITAIN'
Lot 618 Sold
AYTON, RICHARD AND DANIELL, WILLIAM: 'A VOYAGE ROUND GREAT BRITAIN'
volumes 1-8, printed for Longman et al and William Daniell, London 1814-1825, bound in four gilt tooled red leather volumes with titled spines, Bridehead bookplates and retaining coloured and plain aquatints and other illustrations including fold-out index map to volume one (4)
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
MARTYNS, JOHANN: 'ABBILDUNG UND BESCHREIBUNG SELTENER GEWAECHSE'
Lot 619 Sold
MARTYNS, JOHANN: 'ABBILDUNG UND BESCHREIBUNG SELTENER GEWAECHSE'
published by Frauenholzischen Kunsthandlung Nuremberg 1797, folio, three-quarter brown leather bound with titled spine, marbled boards, Bridehead bookplate pasted over earlier bookplate, and retaining extensive hand-coloured plates to text
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
PARK, MUNGO: 'TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA'
Lot 620 Sold
PARK, MUNGO: 'TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA'
with illustrations by Major Rennell, printed by W. Bulmer & Co., for the author and sold by G. & W. Nicol, London 1799, gilt tooled spotted brown leather bound with green leather half title, Bridehead bookplate pasted over earlier bookplate and retaining plate to text and fold-out maps including 'The Route of Mr Mungo Park from Pisania on the River Gambia to Silla'
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
CRAVEN, RICHARD KEPPEL: 'A TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES'
Lot 621 Sold
CRAVEN, RICHARD KEPPEL: 'A TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES'
printed for Rodwell & Martin, London 1821, gilt tooled and brown leather bound with black leather half title, Bridehead bookplate and retaining numerous plates and illustrations to text
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
TINDAL, WILLIAM: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ABBEY AND BOROUGH OF EVESHAM'
Lot 622 Unsold
TINDAL, WILLIAM: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ABBEY AND BOROUGH OF EVESHAM'
printed and sold by John Agg, Evesham, and T. N. Longman, London 1794, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine, Bridehead bookplate and retaining various plates and illustrations to text including fold-out view of Evesham
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
NEALE, J. P.: 'VIEWS OF THE SEATS OF NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN IN ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND'
Lot 623 Sold
NEALE, J. P.: 'VIEWS OF THE SEATS OF NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN IN ENGLAND, WALES, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND'
volumes 1-3, published for the proprietors by W. H. Reid, London 1818, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards and titled spines, the binding by S. Mepham, Dorchester, and retaining full series of plates; together with 'The Tatler' volumes 1-4, printed by Bye & Law for Longman et al, London 1797, gilt tooled brown leather bound volumes, numbered to spines 1-271 (7)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL: 'TRAVELS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA'
Lot 624 Sold
CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL: 'TRAVELS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA'
third edition, volumes 1-7, printed by R. Watts, Broxbourn, Herts for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, London 1813, tooled brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine titled, with Bridehead bookplates and retaining plates to text including fold-outs such as 'Plan of the Island and Town of Tscherchaskoy'
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
JONES, SIR WILLIAM: 'THE WORKS'
Lot 625 Sold
JONES, SIR WILLIAM: 'THE WORKS'
volumes 1-6, printed for G. G. and J. Robinson and R. H. Evans, London 1799, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spines, Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier bookplates and retaining extensive plates within the text (6)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
LARDNER, NATHANIEL: 'THE WORKS'
Lot 626 Sold
LARDNER, NATHANIEL: 'THE WORKS'
with Life of the Author by Andrew Kippis, ten volumes, printed for J. Johnson, London 1788, gilt tooled brown leather bound with black leather half titles; together with the Editor of Madame Deffand: 'Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley, Lady Russell', published by Longman et al, London 1819, gilt tooled brown leather bound with green leather half title (11)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025

Total lots: 715

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