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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

Page:

of 30

Lots per page:

Total lots: 715

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
773 TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM: 'THE WORKS'
volumes 1-2, printed for J. Round et al, London 1731, gilt tooled brown leather binding with green leather half title and Bridehead bookplates; together with five other interesting leather bound…
£100 - £200 £90 View
774 BOYLE, ROBERT: 'THE WORKS'
volumes 1-6, printed for J & F Rivington et al, London 1772, grained brown calf bound, the gilt tooled spines with red and black leather half titles, and Bridehead bookplates; together with 'The…
£50 - £100 £400 View
775 SNAKENBURG, HENRICUS: 'QUINTI CURTII RUFI DE ... ALEXANDRI MAGNI, REGIS MACEDONUM'
volumes 1-2, published by Beman & Luchtmans, 1724, gilt tooled, brown leather bound with black leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates and retaining numerous illustrations to the text and fold…
£100 - £200 £100 View
776 SPENSER, EDMUND: 'THE FAERIE QUEENE'
collated from the 1590 and 1596 editions with a life of the author, and with 32 copper plates after originals by William Kent, volumes 1-3, printed for J. Brindley, London 1751, gilt tooled, brown…
£100 - £200 £250 View
777 'SELECT VIEWS IN ITALY'
volume one only, containing a full series of engravings by various artists after originals by J. Smith, printed by T. Chapman for John Smith, William Byrne and John Emes, London 1792, gilt tooled…
£50 - £100 £140 View
778 'THE TRYAL OF DR. HENRY SACHEVERELL BEFORE THE HOUSE OF PEERS FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS'
published by the Order of the House of Peers and printed for Jacob Tomson, London, the front fly leaf with handwritten index, tooled brown leather bound with raised ridge bands and punched half title
£50 - £100 £30 View
779 D'EWES, SIR SIMONDS: 'A COMPLEAT JOURNAL OF THE VOTES, SPEECHES AND DEBATES, BOTH OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS THROUGHOUT THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'
second edition, printed for Jonathan Robinson et al, London 1693, brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with maroon leather half title, Moor Park bookplate and retaining 'Queen Elizabeth in…
£100 - £200 £500 View
780 'LA SAINTE BIBLE'
with notes by David Martin, published by Mortier et al, Amsterdam 1712, brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with brown leather half title and with William Williams bookplate, retaining…
£50 - £100 - View
781 DE CAMÖENS, LUIS: 'THE LUSIADS'
translated by William Julius Mickle, second edition, printed by Jackson & Lister for Bew et al, Oxford 1778; together with Mickle, William Julius: 'Poems and a Tragedy', printed by A. Paris for…
£50 - £100 £120 View
782 DE SAINBEL, CHARLES VIAL: 'ELEMENTS OF THE VETERINARY ART'
third edition, printed for J. Wright, London 1797, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine, Bridehead bookplate and retaining folding plates to text, including 'Anatomical, Geometrical and…
£150 - £250 £600 View
783 LOCKE, JOHN: 'THE WORKS'
seventh edition, volumes 1-4, printed by H. Woodfall, London 1768, gilt tooled brown leather bound with Bridehead bookplates (4)
£50 - £100 £180 View
784 ANDERSON, AENEAS: 'THE NARRATIVE OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY TO CHINA IN THE YEARS 1792, 1793 AND 1794'
purchased for J. Debrett, London 1795, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine, with Bridehead bookplates
£50 - £100 £320 View
785 BRAND, JOHN: 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE'
volumes 1-2, printed for B. White & Son, London 1789, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine, Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier bookplates and retaining fold-out plates and…
£200 - £400 £100 View
786 MILL, JAMES: 'THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA'
volumes 1-3, printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, London 1817, gilt tooled dark brown leather bound with red leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates and retaining the folding maps to volumes 1…
£200 - £400 £1,200 View
787 EVELYN, JOHN: 'SILVA: OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES'
new edition, with notes by Hunter, volumes 1-2; together with 'Terra: A Philosophical Discourse of Earth', printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley et al, York and London 1786, all bound together within one…
£200 - £400 £280 View
788 'FINDEN'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF LORD BYRON'
with notes by W. Brockedon, volumes 1-3, published by John Murray, London 1833, three-quarter blue leather bound with gilt titled spines and maroon cloth boards; together with 'The Works of…
£100 - £200 £80 View
789 STAUNTON, SIR GEORGE: 'AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN TO THE EMPEROR OF CHINA'
second edition, volumes 1-2, printed by W. Bulmer for C. Nicol, London 1798, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine, Bridehead bookplates and retaining some illustrations to the text in…
£150 - £250 £480 View
790 A LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCRAP ALBUM
containing an extensive selection of coloured fashion and other scraps, some annotated in ink including 'The Flower Girl Die Vierlandetin', gilt and blue printed floral gothic binding, the front fly…
£100 - £200 £60 View
791 BORLASE, WILLIAM: 'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CORNWALL'
printed for the author by W. Jackson, Oxford 1758; together with 'Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall', 2nd edition, printed by Bowyer & Nicols, London 1769, both…
£200 - £400 £480 View
792 'BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA OR THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PERSONS'
second edition, with notes by Andrew Kippis, volumes 1-5, printed by Strahan for Bathurst et al, London 1778, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spines and Bridehead bookplates (5)
£50 - £100 £30 View
793 ST. JOHN, HENRY, LORD VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE: 'THE WORKS'
volumes 1-5, published by David Mallet, London 1777; together with two companion volumes 'Letters and Correspondence, Public and Private, of Henry St. John' collated by Gilbert Parke, volumes 1-2,…
£50 - £100 £40 View
794 'BELL'S NEW PANTHEON'
volumes 1-2, printed by and for J. Bell, London 1790, two volumes bound in one gilt tooled brown leather binding, with titled spine, Bridehead bookplate pasted over earlier bookplate and retaining…
£100 - £200 £70 View
795 JOHN, LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER: 'AN EXPOSITION OF THE CREED'
sixth edition, printed by JM for J. Williams and sold by Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flower-de-Luces in Little Britain 1692, original tooled brown leather binding with restored spine and retaining…
£100 - £200 £90 View
796 LANGLEY, B: 'THE CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S TREASURY OF DESIGNS'
printed for and sold by S. Harding, London 1745, brown leather bound, annotated in ink to the front fly page 'Thomas Williams His Book' and retaining a full series of engraved plates
£200 - £400 £190 View

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