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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 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

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
414	A VERY LARGE PINE GARDEN TABLE with distressed top and later alterations, 80cm high x 106cm wide x 340cm long	£100 - £200	£140	View
415	A PINE GARDEN TABLE the distressed white enamel top over a single frieze drawer to one end, on tapered block legs, 76cm high x 92cm wide x 150cm deep	£50 - £100	£50	View
416	AN OAK SETTLE the panelled back over a square seat and shaped scroll arms, on turned legs joined by stretchers, approximately 101cm high x 183cm wide x 56cm deep	£100 - £200	£320	View
416a	TWO VINTAGE CARTS 19th century, comprising a four-wheeled phaeton and a Bath chair with hood, measuring 110cm and 116cm high respectively (a/f) (2)	£50 - £100	£30	View
417	A COLLECTION OF THIRTY-EIGHT GILDED BANQUETING CHAIRS 20th century, with red fabric covered stuffed backs and seats, 83cm high (38)	£50 - £100	£30	View
500	MITFORD, WILLIAM: ‘THE HISTORY OF GREECE’ second edition, volumes 1 and 2, printed by T. Wright for T. Cadell, London 1789, three-quarter brown leather bound with red leather half titles and marbled boards (2)	£50 - £100	£140	View
501	GOETHE: ‘FAUST’ translated by Lord Francis Leveson Gower, second edition, volumes 1 and 2, published by John Murray, London, 1825, gilt tooled blue leather bound with red leather half titles; together with eleven…	£50 - £100	£700	View
502	WITHERINGTON PEERS, REV. JOHN: ‘SHORT INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE COLLECTS’ printed for L.B. Seeley, London 1813, brown leather bound with book plate for Lady Robert Manners, with ink inscription dated 6th June 1829; together with nine other antiquarian theology books (10)	£30 - £50	£100	View
503	PORNY, MR: ‘THE ELEMENTS OF HERALDRY’ fourth edition, printed for Thomas Carnan, London, 1787, full brown calf bound with Bridehead bookplates	£50 - £100	£50	View
504	DANTE ALIGHIERI: ‘LA DIVINA COMMEDIA’ illustrated by Luigi Portirelli, volumes 1 and 2, published by Societa Tipographica de Classici Italiani, Milan 1804, brown leather bound (2)	£50 - £100	£50	View
505	WHARTON, THOMAS: ‘OBSERVATIONS ON THE FAERIE QUEENE OF SPENSER’ printed for R. and J. Dodsley, London, 1754, brown leather bound	£30 - £50	£80	View
506	HAMILTON, ELIZABETH: ‘MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF AGRIPPINA’ volumes 1-3, printed by R. Cruttwell, Bath for G. & J. Robinson, London 1804, grained brown calf bound with gilt tooled spines; together with one other title by Hamilton; and eleven other…	£100 - £200	£260	View
507	HASTINGS, WARREN: ‘MEMOIRS RELATIVE TO THE STATE OF INDIA’ new edition, printed for J. Murray, London, 1786, full brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red leather half title, and with Moor Park bookplate	£30 - £50	£60	View
508	A 17TH CENTURY BOOK OF PSALMS lacking title page, with Commination to early pages, gilt tooled green leather bound, inscribed in ink ‘Robert Williams Esq, Moor Park’	£30 - £50	£40	View
509	‘LETTERS OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS’ volumes 1-3, published by Henry Colburn, London 1842-3, three-quarter red leather bound with marbled boards; together with a collection of antiquarian literature, history and theology books (12)	£50 - £100	£120	View
510	WILBERFORCE, ROBERT ISAAC AND WILBERFORCE, SAMUEL: ‘THE LIFE OF WILLIAM WILBERFORCE’ volumes 1-5, published by John Murray, London 1838, brown three-quarter leather bound with red leather half titles and marbled boards (5)	£50 - £100	£100	View
511	‘A COMPARATIVE DISPLAY….ON THE SUBJECT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION’ volumes 1-2, printed for J. Debrett, London 1793, gilt tooled brown calf bound with Bridehead bookplates (2)	£50 - £100	£140	View
512	‘ELEGANT EXTRACTS’ volumes 1-6, printed for B. Law et al, London 1797, spotted brown calf bound, the gilt tooled spine with black and red leather half titles; together with three other antiquarian books (9)	£50 - £100	£40	View
513	CAMPBELL, GEORGE: ‘INDIA AS IT MAY BE’ published by John Murray, London, 1853, three-quarter red leather bound with gilt tooled spine, green leather half title and marbled boards	£50 - £100	£150	View
514	‘THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON’ 'with Some Account of the Life of Milton' by Rev. Henry John Todd, volumes 1-6, printed for J. Johnson et al, London 1801, gilt tooled brown leather bound with Bridehead bookplates; together with…	£50 - £100	£160	View
515	BRITTON, JOHN AND BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE: ‘THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES’ volumes 1-6, printed by Thomas Maiden, Sherbourne-Lane, for Vernor and Hood et al, London 1801, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards, red and green leather half titles and Bridehead…	£100 - £200	-	View
516	‘THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU’ volumes 1-5, printed for Richard Phillips, London 1803, gilt tooled and mottled black and red leather bound, with Bridehead bookplates and retaining plates including facsimile letters (5)	£50 - £100	£190	View
517	ARIOSTO, LODOVICO: ‘ORLANDO FURIOSO’ with introduction by Agostino Isola, volumes 1-4, printed by J. Archdeacon, Cambridge, 1789, brown calf bound with red leather half titles and Bridehead bookplates; together with the ‘Memoirs of [the…	£100 - £200	£150	View
518	HOADLY, BENJAMIN: ‘THE ORIGINAL AND INSTITUTION OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT’ printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St Paul’s Church-Yard, 1710, floral tooled brown leather calf with red leather half title, and with Moor Park bookplate	£50 - £100	£40	View

Total lots: 753

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