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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 30

Lots per page:

Total lots: 715

Lot 651 Sold
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
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 652 Sold
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 vellum bound with straps, ink inscribed half title
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 653 Unsold
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)
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 654 Sold
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'
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 655 Sold
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 x 81cm, sheet 17 inscribed in ink to exterior ‘R. Williams Bridehead’, all contained in original brown leather satchel case, gilt stamped ‘Robert Williams’ and ‘Ordnance Dorsetshire’ (5)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 656 Sold
‘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)
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 657 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 658 Sold
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 bookplates (6)
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 659 Sold
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 bookplates (2)
Hammer price: £2,550
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 660 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 661 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 662 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 663 Sold
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 1903’
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 664 Sold
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 2, printed by Savage and Easingwood and sold by Hatchard et al, London 1805, green three-quarter leather bound (4)
Hammer price: £55
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 665 Sold
‘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 half titles, the two supplementary volumes with differing gilt star device to spines, all retaining plates and with Robert Williams Junior bookplates (20)
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 666 Sold
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
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 667 Sold
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 edges (6)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 668 Sold
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 Leighton Son & Hodge Shoe Lane London (3)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 669 Sold
‘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)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 670 Sold
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
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 671 Sold
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, 1752 (2)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 672 Sold
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
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 673 Sold
‘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, Bridehead’
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 674 Sold
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 flyleaf ‘R. Williams, Jnr from J.A.W. 15th June 1883’
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025

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