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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 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 32

Lots per page:

Total lots: 753

Lot 543 Sold
HUME, DAVID: 'THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
new edition, volumes 1-8, printed for T. Cadell, London 1796; together with Smollett, T: 'The History of England', new edition, volumes 1-5, printed for T. Cadell, London 1800, all bound in matching gilt tooled brown leather with Robert Williams Junior bookplates (13)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 544 Sold
LAYARD, AUSTEN H: 'DISCOVERIES IN THE RUINS OF NINEVEH AND BABYLON'
published by John Murray, London 1853, gilt tooled red leather bound with titled spine and retaining numerous fold-out and other illustrations to plates
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 545 Sold
'AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL AND METRO POLITICAL CHURCH OF ST. PETER, YORK'
volumes 1-2, printed by A. Ward for C. Etherington et al, York 1770, gilt brown leather bound, with Bridehead bookplates and retaining fold-out plates; together with a selection of antiquarian literature, theology and French language volumes (19)
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 546 Sold
ROLLIN, CHARLES: 'THE ANCIENT HISTORY'
eighth edition, volumes 1-8, printed at the Apollo Press for A. Guthrie, Edinburgh 1789, grained brown calf bound with red leather half titles, with Robert Williams Junior bookplate and retaining various fold-out plates (8)
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 547 Sold
RUSSELL, WILLIAM: 'THE HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE'
volumes 1-5, printed for G. G. J. & J. Robinson, London 1789, grained brown leather bound with black leather half titles, with Robert Williams Junior bookplates (5)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 548 Sold
'THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM'
printed for the author and sold by C. Kearsley, London 1783, brown calf bound, with red leather half title and Bridehead bookplate
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 549 Sold
SIMON, BARBARA ANN: 'THE HOPE OF ISRAEL'
published by R. B. Seeley et al, London 1829, three-quarter maroon leather bound with marbled covers and gilt tooled spine, the front flyleaf inscribed in ink 'Fanny Williams, June 1829'
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 550 Sold
FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY: TWO COPIES OF 'HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
each copy with volumes 1-6, second edition, published by John W. Parter, London 1858, and a later edition, published by Longman Green Longman et al, London, all bound in matching gilt tooled brown leather, the second edition with chronological dates, the other edition simply titled 'Elizabeth' to spines; together with three other books relating to English history (de Lolme: 'The Constitution of England' and Walton, Isaac: 'The Lives', volumes 1-2) (15)
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 551 Sold
EUSTACE, JOHN CHETWODE: 'A CLASSICAL TOUR THROUGH ITALY AD1802'
volumes 1-4, printed for J. Mawman, London 1817, full gilt tooled brown leather binding with black and red half titles to spines, with Bridehead bookplates and retaining fold-out plate to volume one (4)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 552 Sold
CATULLUS, GAIUS VALERIUS: 'OPERA'
volumes 1-2, published by Frederic Leonard, Paris 1685, full brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red and green half titles, and with Bridehead bookplates (2)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 553 Sold
VENN, H: 'THE COMPLETE DUTY OF MAN'
printed by D. Schaw, Edinburgh for Ogle & Aikmen et al, London 1803, full brown leather bound with black half title, with Bridehead bookplate; together with Teignmouth, Lord: 'Memoirs of the Life ... of Sir William Jones', fifth edition, printed for Hatchard, London 1815, anthemion gilt tooled brown leather bound with red half title and Robert Williams bookplate; and six other English biography related books (8)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 554 Sold
'A NEW AND GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY'
new edition, volumes 1-15, printed for G. G. & J. Robinson et al, London 1798, three-quarter gilt tooled brown leather bound with marble boards and titled spines, with Bridehead bookplates, generally in original condition with some unopened pages and with uncut edges (15)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 555 Sold
GAY, JOHN: 'FABLES'
volumes 1-2, printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, London 1793, bound together within three-quarter gilt tooled brown leather with marbled boards and attractively tooled spine, with Robert Williams Junior bookplate
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 556 Sold
ADDINGTON, STEPHEN: 'A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON AFFLICTIONS'
printed for the author, London 1779, full brown leather bound with gilt tooled spine; and a collection of antiquarian books relating to Christianity, history and literature (21)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 557 Sold
HASSELL, J: 'PICTURESQUE RIDES AND WALKS' AND 'TOUR OF THE GRAND JUNCTION'
both printed for J. Hassell, London, the former title volumes 1 and 2, 1817, gilt tooled brown leather bound, the latter 1819, three-quarter brown leather bound with green half title and marble boards (3)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 558 Sold
MOORE, JOHN: 'A VIEW OF THE SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN ITALY' AND 'A VIEW OF THE SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN FRANCE, SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY'
fourth and seventh editions respectively, both with volumes 1 and 2, both printed for A. Strahan, London 1787 and 1789, bound in matching full brown leather with red leather half titles and Robert Williams Junior bookplates (4)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 559 Sold
DALRYMPLE, SIR JOHN: 'MEMOIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND'
volumes 1-3, printed for A. Strahan et al, London 1790, full brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red and green leather half titles, with Bridehead bookplates; together with five other antiquarian books relating to history and theology (8)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 560 Sold
MACAULAY, THOMAS BABBINGTON: 'THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
volumes 1-5 and four other titles, mostly published by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, London 1849-1876; together with 'Biographies' published by Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh 1860, all bound in uniform gilt tooled brown leather (10)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 561 Sold
'AN AUTHENTIC COPY OF THE CORRESPONDENCE IN INDIA BETWEEN THE COUNTRY POWERS AND THE ... EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SERVANTS'
volumes 1-6, printed for J. Debrett, London 1787, spotted brown calf binding, the gilt tooled spines with black leather half titles, with Bridehead bookplates (6)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 562 Sold
SABELLICO, MARC ANTONIO COCCIO: 'DEGL' ISTORICI DELLE COSE VENEZIANE'
(History of Venice), volumes 1-10, published Lovisa, Venice 1718-1722, full brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with numbered half titles and with Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier bookplates (10)
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 563 Sold
HOMES, DR. NATHANIEL: 'THE RESURRECTION REVEALED: OR THE DAWNING OF THE DAY-STAR'
printed by Robert Ibbitson, London 1653, complete with statement page at start of work signed 'Peter Sterry' and 'Joseph Caryll' dated October 19th and October 13th 1653 respectively, later 19th century brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with brown leather half title
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 564 Sold
LANGHORNE, JOHN, AND LANGHORNE, WILLIAM: 'PLUTARCH'S LIVES'
fifth edition, volumes 1-6, printed for C. Dilly, London 1792, gilt tooled brown leather bound with Bridehead bookplates; together with seven other antiquarian books relating to Christianity, history and human nature (13)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 565 Sold
'AN UNIVERSAL HISTORY'
comprising two titles: 'An Universal History from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time', volumes 1-18, and 'The Modern Part of An Universal History', volumes 1-38; together with four supplemental volumes numbered 39-42, all published by C. Bathurst, London 1779-1784, all bound in uniform brown leather, the gilt tooled spines with red and green half titles, with Bridehead bookplates and retaining folding maps and plates (60)
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 566 Sold
THUCYDIDES: 'BELLO PELOPONNESIACO'
(History of the Peloponnesian War), translated by Emmanuel Bekkeri, volumes 1-4, printed by J. Parker, Oxford 1821; together with ten other Latin text volumes of classical works, all bound in gilt tooled brown leather (14)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025

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