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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

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 753

DE VERTOT: ‘THE REVOLUTIONS OF PORTUGAL’ AND ‘THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION IN SWEDEN’
Lot 519 Sold
DE VERTOT: ‘THE REVOLUTIONS OF PORTUGAL’ AND ‘THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION IN SWEDEN’
the former printed for W. Taylor, London 1724, the latter translated by J. Mitchell, sixth edition and printed for James and John Knapton, London 1729, both bound in brown calf with gilt tooled spines and red leather half titles, the former with Moor Park bookplate, the latter with James Walwyn Esq., Longnorth bookplate; together with Sheridan, Charles Francis, ‘A History of the late Revolution in Sweden’, Dublin, 1778 (3)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
‘A COLLECTION OF SCARCE AND INTERESTING TRACTS’
Lot 520 Sold
‘A COLLECTION OF SCARCE AND INTERESTING TRACTS’
volumes 1-4, printed for J. Debrett, London 1788, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards and Bridehead bookplates; together with ten other antiquarian history, theology and literature volumes (14)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
HOOPER, W: 'RATIONAL RECREATIONS'
Lot 521 Sold
HOOPER, W: 'RATIONAL RECREATIONS'
third edition, volume 1, printed for L. Davis, London 1787, grained brown calf bound with gilt tooled spine, Bridehead bookplate and retaining coloured fold-out plates; together with thirteen other antiquarian theology, literature and history volumes (14)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
'A TREATISE ON THE POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS'
Lot 522 Sold
'A TREATISE ON THE POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS'
fourth edition, printed by H. Fry, London 1797, full brown leather bound with gilt tooled spine, and Robert Williams Junior bookplate
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
HUNTER, WILLIAM: 'TRAVELS THROUGH FRANCE, TURKEY AND HUNGARY TO VIENNA IN 1792'
Lot 523 Sold
HUNTER, WILLIAM: 'TRAVELS THROUGH FRANCE, TURKEY AND HUNGARY TO VIENNA IN 1792'
third edition, volumes 1-2, printed for J. White, London 1803, gilt tooled and brown calf bound with green leather half titles and Bridehead bookplates (2)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
'THÉATRE DE P. CORNEILLE AVEC LES COMMENTAIRES DE VOLTAIRE'
Lot 524 Sold
'THÉATRE DE P. CORNEILLE AVEC LES COMMENTAIRES DE VOLTAIRE'
new edition, volumes 1-12, published by Bossange, Masson et Besson, Paris 1797, spotted brown calf bound with gilt tooled spines and Bridehead bookplate; together with three other antiquarian volumes (15)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
MALCOLM, MAJOR GENERAL SIR JOHN: 'A MEMOIR OF CENTRAL INDIA'
Lot 525 Sold
MALCOLM, MAJOR GENERAL SIR JOHN: 'A MEMOIR OF CENTRAL INDIA'
volumes 1-2, printed for Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen, London 1823, gilt tooled purple leather bound with green leather half titles, retaining fold-out maps (2)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
DOBSON, MRS: 'THE LIFE OF PETRARCH'
Lot 526 Sold
DOBSON, MRS: 'THE LIFE OF PETRARCH'
fourth edition, volumes 1-2, printed by T. Maiden for Vernor and Hood et al, London 1799, brown three-quarter leather bound with elegant marble boards and gilt tooled spines, with Bridehead bookplates (2)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS: 'OPERA'
Lot 527 Sold
TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS: 'OPERA'
edited by Gabriel Brotier, Latin text, volumes 1-4, printed by Jacob Mundell, Edinburgh for G.G. & J. Robinson, London 1796, gilt tooled red leather bound with Bridehead bookplates and attractive marbled fly leaves; together with Hoole, John: 'Dramas and Other Operas of the Abbé Pietro Metastasio', volumes 1-3 similarly bound; and Ariosto, Ludovico: ''Orlando Furioso' with notes by John Hoole, volumes 1-5 (12)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
STURM, C.C.: 'REFLECTIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR ON THE WORKS OF GOD'
Lot 528 Sold
STURM, C.C.: 'REFLECTIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR ON THE WORKS OF GOD'
ninth edition, volumes 1-3, printed by J. Moir for S. Cheyne, Edinburgh 1806, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt tooled spines, marbled boards and Robert Williams bookplates; together with Trimmer, Sarah: 'Sacred History Selected from the Scriptures', fourth edition, volumes 1-6; 'The New Devout Communicant' printed and sold by J. Raw, Ipswich 1816; and an early 19th century brown leather bound volume of handwritten manuscript sermons, inscribed to the flyleaf "Sarah Anne Tetley" (11)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
STERNHOLD, THOMAS AND HOPKINS, JOHN: 'THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METRE'
Lot 529 Sold
STERNHOLD, THOMAS AND HOPKINS, JOHN: 'THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METRE'
printed for the Company of Stationers, London 1682, original gilt tooled maroon leather binding with marbled flyleaves and inscribed in ink "Robert Williams, Esq. Moor Park"
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
DISRAELI, BENJAMIN: 'SYBIL, OR THE TWO NATIONS'
Lot 530 Sold
DISRAELI, BENJAMIN: 'SYBIL, OR THE TWO NATIONS'
first edition, volumes 1-3, published by Henry Colburn, London 1845, brown three-quarter leather bound with blue marbled boards, black and green leather half titles; together with eight other antiquarian literature volumes (11)
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
VAUGHAN, ROBERT (ED.): 'THE PROTECTOR OF OLIVER CROMWELL'
Lot 531 Sold
VAUGHAN, ROBERT (ED.): 'THE PROTECTOR OF OLIVER CROMWELL'
volumes 1-2, published by Henry Colburn, London 1838, brown three-quarter leather bound with marbled boards, black and red leather half titles (2)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS: 'OPÉRA'
Lot 532 Sold
TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS: 'OPÉRA'
edited by Gabriel Brotier, volumes 1-4, published by Wittaker, London 1823, brown calf bound with red and black leather half titles and Robert Williams bookplates; together with Aristophanis: 'Comoediae' translated by Brunck, volumes 1-3, published by Treuttel, Strasburg, 1783, gilt tooled brown leather bound (7)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
BOSWELL, JAMES: 'THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LLD'
Lot 533 Sold
BOSWELL, JAMES: 'THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LLD'
volumes 1-4, printed for J. Richardson & Co. et al, London 1823, brown calf bound with black leather half titles (4)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
CORNISH, CHARLES J: 'SIR WILLIAM HENRY FLOWER - A PERSONAL MEMOIR'
Lot 534 Sold
CORNISH, CHARLES J: 'SIR WILLIAM HENRY FLOWER - A PERSONAL MEMOIR'
published by MacMillan & Co., London 1904, gilt tooled green leather bound, with presentation inscription to front fly leaf "To Margaret Peck and Phillip Williams with every good wish from the wife of Sir William Flower, June 1908"
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
HARDY, FRANCIS: 'MEMOIRS OF THE POLITICAL AND PRIVATE LIFE OF JAMES CAULFIELD, EARL OF CHARLEMONT'
Lot 535 Sold
HARDY, FRANCIS: 'MEMOIRS OF THE POLITICAL AND PRIVATE LIFE OF JAMES CAULFIELD, EARL OF CHARLEMONT'
second edition, volumes 1-2, printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, London 1812, with black leather half titles; together with a selection of antiquarian classical literature and theological volumes including 'Oeuvre de Racine' (16)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
SMITH, ADAM: 'AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS’
Lot 536 Sold
SMITH, ADAM: 'AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS’
ninth edition, volumes 1-3, printed for A. Strahan, T. Cadell Junior, and W. Davies, London 1799, mottled brown leather bound with black leather half titles and Moor Park bookplates (3)
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
OCKLEY, SIMON: 'THE HISTORY OF THE SARACENS'
Lot 537 Sold
OCKLEY, SIMON: 'THE HISTORY OF THE SARACENS'
third edition, volumes 1-2, printed for the sole benefit of Mrs Ann Ockley, Cambridge 1757, brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red leather half titles, with Moor Park bookplates and retaining the fold-out plates of "The Ca'Aba" (2)
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
ROBERTSON, J: 'A TREATISE ON SUCH MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS AS ARE USUALLY PUT INTO A PORTABLE CASE'
Lot 538 Sold
ROBERTSON, J: 'A TREATISE ON SUCH MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS AS ARE USUALLY PUT INTO A PORTABLE CASE'
second edition, printed for T. Heath and J. Nourse, Strand, London 1757, brown leather bound with red leather half title, Moorpark bookplate and retaining numerous fold-out plates
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
MONEY, J: 'THE HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1792'
Lot 539 Sold
MONEY, J: 'THE HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1792'
printed for E. Marloy, London 1794, grained brown leather bound with green leather half title, Bridehead bookplate and retaining fold-out plates
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
WHITAKER, JOHN: 'MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS VINDICATED'
Lot 540 Sold
WHITAKER, JOHN: 'MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS VINDICATED'
second edition, volumes 1-3, printed for J. Murray, London 1790, gilt tooled grained brown leather bound, with black leather half titles; together with a selection of antiquarian theology and literature volumes (13)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCRAPBOOK
Lot 541 Sold
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SCRAPBOOK
the gilt tooled brown leather bound volume with red leather half title 'Picture Book', formed of coloured silk trimmed linen leaves, the majority of which pasted with watercolours and coloured prints depicting various scenes such as archery practice
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR: 'POEMS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AT BRISTOL BY THOMAS ROWLEY AND OTHERS'
Lot 542 Sold
COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR: 'POEMS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AT BRISTOL BY THOMAS ROWLEY AND OTHERS'
printed by B. Flower for the editor, Cambridge 1794, brown leather bound with attractive oval paterae to boards, green leather half title and urn devices, together with Bridehead bookplates
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025

Total lots: 753

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