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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 701 Sold
BRITTON, JOHN: 'THE ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN'
volumes 1-5, printed for Longman et al, London 1807-1821, attractive gilt tooled brown leather bound, the lettered spines with prominent raised ridge bands, Bridehead bookplates and containing an extensive selection of plates and engravings within the text (5)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 702 Sold
BILLINGS, ROBERT WILLIAM: 'ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATIONS, HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF CARLISLE CATHEDRAL'
'Architectural Illustrations and Description of the Cathedral Church at Durham' and 'Architectural Illustrations of Kettering Church, Northamptonshire', all published by Thomas & William Boone, London 1840 and 1843 respectively, all bound in three-quarter brown leather with red leather half titles and marble boards, retaining illustrated plates (3)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 703 Sold
CHARNOCK, JOHN: 'AN HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE'
volumes 1-3, printed for R. Faulder et al, London 1800-1802, gilt tooled blue leather bound with red leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates and retaining plates and engravings to text (3)
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 704 Sold
MARVELL, ANDREW: 'THE WORKS'
with 'Life of the Author' by Captain Edward Thompson, volumes 1-3, printed for the editor by Henry Baldwin, London 1776, spotted brown leather bound with red and green leather half titles and Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier bookplates (3)
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 705 Sold
HOWARD, JOHN: 'AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL LAZARETTOS IN EUROPE. WITH VARIOUS PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE PLAGUE'
second edition, printed for J. Johnson, London 1791, grained brown leather bound with black leather half-title, Bridehead bookplate pasted over earlier bookplates and containing a variety of fold-out plates, maps and charts
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 706 Sold
EARL OF CLARENDON, EDWARD: 'THE HISTORY OF THE REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND'
volumes 1-3, printed at The Theatre, Oxford 1702; together with 'The Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon', printed at Clarendon Printing House, Oxford 1759, all bound in matching folio tooled brown leather with gilt tooled spines, Bridehead bookplates and retaining portrait frontispieces and various vignettes to text (4)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 707 Sold
BLAIR, REVEREND JOHN: 'THE CHRONOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE WORLD'
London 1790, folio, grained brown leather bound with red leather half title, Bridehead bookplate pasted over earlier bookplates, retaining illustrations and plates to text including fold-out plate to front of volume titled 'A Map of The World with the Latest Discoveries'
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 708 Sold
BUTLER, SAMUEL: 'HUDIBRAS'
printed for D. Browne, London 1761, full brown leather bound with red leather half title, Bridehead bookplate pasted over earlier bookplate and retaining fold-out plate and illustrations to the text; together with Thelwall, John: 'Poems on Various Subjects', vols 1-2, printed for the author, London 1787; and two other antiquarian literature volumes (5)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 709 Sold
TRAIL, ROBERT: 'THE LORD'S PRAYER IN JOHN XVII. 24'
printed for N. Hillier, London 1705, brown leather bound; together with a quantity of antiquarian theology volumes (17)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 710 Sold
SALLUSTII, CAIUS CRISPUS: 'OPERA'
with notes by Antonii Thysii, published by Franciseum Hackium, Lydon 1654, vellum bound; together with three other Latin works (4)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 711 Sold
BINGLEY, REVEREND W: 'ANIMAL BIOGRAPHY'
fifth edition, volumes 1 and 3, printed for Rivington et al, London 1820, gilt tooled brown leather bound with decorated spines, Robert Williams' bookplate and retaining a variety of attractive plates within the text (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 712 Sold
AQUINATIS DIVI THOMAE (ST. THOMAS AQUINAS): 'OPERA'
volumes 1-28, published by Simon Occhi, Venice 1775-1788, bound in 14 vellum volumes with red leather half titles and red stained fore edges (14)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 713 Sold
CUNNINGHAM, THOMAS: ‘AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RIGHTS OF ELECTION’
volumes 1 and 2, printed for G. Robinson, London 1783, brown calf bound with black and red leather half titles (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 714 Sold
PALEY, WILLIAM: ‘THE PRINCIPLES OF…..PHILOSOPHY’ AND ‘A VIEW OF CHRISTIANITY’
twelfth and seventh editions respectively, volumes 1 and 2, both printed for R. Faulder, London 1799 and 1800; together with Gisborne, Thomas: ‘The Principles of Moral Philosophy Investigated’, second edition, London 1790, all full brown calf bound (5)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 715 Sold
STEVENS, MRS: 'DEVOTIONAL COMMENTS'
volumes 1-20, printed by G. Wilson, Knaresbrough and sold by Hatchards et al, London 1823, maroon leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with black leather half titles; together with a collection of theology, history and Latin volumes (35)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 716 Sold
BARLOW, PETER: 'AN ELEMENTARY INVESTIGATION OF THE THEORY OF NUMBERS'
printed for J. Johnson & Co., London 1811, gilt tooled brown leather bound with red leather half title and Robert Williams' bookplate
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 717 Sold
MILL, JOHN STUART: 'LIBERTY'
second edition, published by John W. Parker and Son, London 1859, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt tooled spine and marbled boards; together with a collection of antiquarian Christian theology volumes (36)
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 718 Sold
LINGARD, JOHN: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ANGLO-SAXON CHURCH'
volumes 1-2, published by C. Dolman, London 1845, three-quarter brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with black leather half titles and marbled boards; together with a collection of antiquarian Christian theology and literature volumes (29)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 719 Sold
BLAND, MILES: 'ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEMS'
third edition 1820 and 'Geometrical Problems, second edition 1821, both printed by J. Smith, Cambridge for Nicholson & Son et al, London, bound in matching three-quarter brown leather with black leather half titles, marbled boards and Robert Williams bookplates;
together with Abercrombie, John: 'Enquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers', second edition,…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 720 Sold
FABER, FREDERICK WILLIAM: 'SIGHTS AND THOUGHTS IN FOREIGN CHURCHES'
printed for J. G. F. and J. Rivington, London 1842, three-quarter brown leather bound with black leather half title and marbled boards; together with a collection of antiquarian Christian theology volumes (24)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 721 Sold
MALTHUS, REVEREND T. R: 'AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION'
sixth edition, volumes 1-2, published by John Murray, London 1826, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spines, and with Robert Williams' bookplates (2)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 722 Sold
ALISON, ARCHIBALD: 'HISTORY OF EUROPE ... FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE RESTORATION OF THE BOURBONS'
volumes 1-10, and 'History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon to the Accession of Louis Napoleon', volumes 1-8, all published by William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London 1835-1859; together with companion index volume, all bound in matching gilt tooled pale brown leather with red and green leather half titles (19)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 723 Sold
WOLFF, REVEREND JOSEPH: 'RESEARCHES AND MISSIONARY LABOURS AMONG THE JEWS, MOHAMMEDANS AND OTHER SECTS'
printed by the author and sold by Mr J. Nisbett, London 1835, brown three-quarter leather bound with gilt tooled spine and marbled boards, retaining fold-out map titled 'Outlines of the Countries between the Empires of Turkey and China'
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 724 Unsold
GLADSTONE, W. E: 'THE STATE IN ITS RELATIONS WITH THE CHURCH' and 'CHURCH PRINCIPLES CONSIDERED IN THEIR RESULTS'
both published by John Murray, London 1838 and 1840 respectively, both three-quarter brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with red half titles and marbled boards (2)
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025

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