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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 32

Lots per page:

Total lots: 753

Lot 567 Sold
FLEURY, ABBÉ: 'A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT ISRAELITES'
edited by A. Clarke, published by W. Baynes, London 1802, spotted brown leather bound with green leather half title; together with 'The Ladies Library', sixth edition, volumes 1-3, published by Sir Richard Steele, London 1751; and a collection of antiquarian books relating to Christianity and literature (25)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 568 Sold
'THE BRIDGEWATER TREATISES'
nos. 1-8, published by William Pickering, London 1833-1836, in matching gilt tooled brown leather binding with Bridehead bookplates, volume two of Treatise Six retaining coloured fold-out plates (12)
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 569 Sold
HOADLEY, BENJAMIN: 'THE MEASURES OF SUBMISSION TO THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE CONSIDERED'
fourth edition, printed for James Knapton, London 1710, original tooled brown leather binding with half title; together with a collection of antiquarian books relating to Christianity, classical literature and society (47)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 570 Sold
'THE WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS'
translated by Thompson & Price, volumes 1-2, printed for Fielding and Walker, London 1777, full brown leather bound with black and red leather half titles, with Robert Williams Junior bookplates, retaining folding maps and other plates (2)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 571 Sold
GUEST, LADY CHARLOTTE: 'THE MABINOGION'
published by Bernard Quaritch, London 1877, half red leather bound with pictorial tooled spine and marbled boards
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 572 Sold
HOWELL, T. B: 'A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF STATE TRIALS'
volumes 1-26 and 32 (1163-1817) published by Longman, Hurst et al, London 1824, three-quarter brown leather binding with green paper boards, black leather half titles and Bridehead bookplates (27)
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 573 Sold
COWPER, WILLIAM: 'THE TASK' AND 'TABLE TALK'
both printed for John Sharpe, London 1825, matching gilt tooled brown leather bound; together with a collection of antiquarian books, mostly Latin (16)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 574 Sold
COOPER, EDWARD J: 'EGYPTIAN SCENERY'
published by John Murray, London, full brown leather bound with Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey, Wrest Park bookplate, six fold-out plates, unpaginated, no title page and with only half title to spine

Note: This scarce work was originally distributed privately in paper wrappers.
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 575 Sold
LIGHT, HENRY: 'TRAVELS IN EGYPT, NUBIA, HOLY LAND, MT. LEBANON AND CYPRUS IN THE YEAR 1814'
printed for Rodwell & Martin, London 1818, brown leather bound with gilt tooled spine, with Thomas Phillip, Earl de Grey, Wrest Park bookplate, the text with plate and folding 'Greek inscriptions at Nubia' plate to end of volume
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 576 Sold
'THE CHARITIES IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET'
sold by James Newman, London 1839, brown three-quarter leather bound with marbled boards and containing three handwritten letters regarding Dorset charities dated 1895 and 1898
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £30 - £50
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 577 Sold
HARGRAVE, FRANCIS: 'A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF STATE-TRIALS AND PROCEEDINGS FOR HIGH TREASON'
fourth edition, volumes 1-11, printed by T. Wright for Bathurst et al, London 1776, bound in six gilt tooled brown leather volumes, all with Bridehead bookplates (6)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 578 Sold
GAY, JOHN: 'FABLES'
volumes 1-2, printed for John Stockdale, London 1793, gilt tooled brown leather bound, the covers with grained rectangular panels, with Bridehead bookplates; together with Coleridge, ST: 'The Poetical Works', volumes 1-3, published by William Pickering, 1829, gilt or brown leather bound volumes with black leather half titles; and Moore, Thomas: 'Lalla Rookh', thirteenth edition printed for Longman et al, London 1826, gilt tooled brown leather bound with black leather half title (6)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 579 Sold
HOMER: 'THE ILIAD' AND 'THE ODYSSEY'
Latin text, edited by Samuel Clarke, each with volumes 1 and 2, both published by Knapton, London 1732 and 1740 respectively, all in matching gilt tooled brown leather binding with Bridehead bookplates; together with Cicero: 'Opera', volumes 1-9, published by Coignard et al, Paris 1740, full leather bound with gilt tooled spines; and a quantity of antiquarian Greek and Latin text works (24)
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 580 Sold
HOPE, THOMAS: 'AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON ARCHITECTURE'
2nd edition, volumes 1 and 2, published by John Murray, London 1835, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards; together with a collection of theology, literature and history books (10)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 581 Sold
TWENTY NINE 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUMES
including: 'Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici', volumes 1-6, printed by S & J Bentley, London 1848, all member’s copies, some printed in red to inside flyleaves 'Robert Williams Jun.', Esq., cream card bound with red leather half titles (29)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 582 Sold
ANSON, LORD GEORGE: 'A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD’
twelth edition, printed for T. Osborne et al, London 1767, full brown leather bound with black leather half ties, retaining Round the World fold-out plates
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 583 Sold
BACON, NATHANIEL: 'AN HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL DISCOURSE OF THE LAWS AND GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND'
fifth edition, printed for Browne & Millar, London 1760, grained brown leather bound with red leather half title and Bridehead bookplate; together with Tomline, George: 'Memoirs of the Right Honourable William Pitt', volumes 1-2, published by John Murray, London 1821, gilt tooled brown leather bound with black leather half titles and Bridehead bookplates; Lucan: 'Pharsalia' edited by Francis Oudendorph, published by Samuel Luchgmans 1728, vellum bound;
and a collection of five antiquarian books of Latin and literature interest (9)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 584 Sold
BRUCE, JAMES: 'TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE'
volumes 1-5, printed by J. Ruthven for G. G. J. & J. Robinson, London 1790, spotted brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spines with green leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier bookplates and retaining various plates within the text (5)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 585 Sold
PARKINSON, SYDNEY: 'A JOURNAL OF THE VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE ENDEAVOUR'
printed by Charles Dilly, London 1784, gilt tooled grained brown leather bound with Bridehead bookplates and retaining copious plates within the text
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 586 Sold
HARRIS, JOHN: 'A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE VOYAGES AND TRAVELS'
volume 2 only, printed for T. Woodward et al, London 1748, full brown leather bound with attractive gilt tooled spine, Bridehead bookplate pasted over earlier bookplates and retaining fold-out charts, maps and plates within the text
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 587 Sold
VIRGIL: ‘OPERA’
including ‘Bucolica’ and ‘Georgica’ with commentaries by Servius, Beroaldo, Mancinelli and others, Badius edition, published Lyon 1517, early 18th century half red leather bound with black leather half title, marbled boards and Moor Park bookplate, appears complete, retaining numerous woodcuts to text
Hammer price: £1,380
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 588 Sold
BORLASE, WILLIAM: 'OBSERVATIONS ON THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT STATE OF THE ISLANDS OF SCILLY'
printed by W. Jackson, Oxford and sold by W. Sandby et al, London 1756, full brown leather bound, the spine gilt tooled with leaves and red leather half title, Bridehead bookplate and retaining fold-out plates
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 589 Sold
MARÉCHAL, P. S. AND DAVID, F. A. (ILLUSTRATED BY): 'ANTIQUITÉS D'HERCULANUM'
volumes 1-9, published by the author, F. A. David, rue Pierre-Sarrazin, no. 13, Paris 1780, attractive coloured and grained brown leather bound, the floral gilt tooled spine with red and black leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates and copious plates within the text (9)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 590 Sold
TURNER, SHARON: 'THE HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS'
second edition, volumes 1-2, printed for Longman, Hurst et al, London 1807, grained brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with black leather half titles, Bridehead bookplate and retaining folding map to volume 1 (2)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025

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