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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 591 Sold
COWPER, WILLIAM: 'POEMS'
new edition, volumes 1 & 2, printed for J. Johnson, London 1800, bottle green leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red leather half titles; together with Aeliani: 'Varia Historia', edited by Abraham Gronovio, Greek and Latin text, volumes 1-2, published by Luchtmans et al 1731, brown leather bound; and Locke, John: 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding', 24th edition, volumes 1-2 (6)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 592 Sold
CALOVIO, ABRAHAM: 'AUGUSTANAE CONFESSIONIS'
published by Joachimi Bildens Leipzig, original brown leather binding; together with three other Christian theology books (4)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 593 Sold
EPICTETI: 'DISSERTATIONES AB ARRIANO COLLECTAE'
edited by Joannes Uptonus, volumes 1-2, printed by Woodward, London 1741, gilt tooled, brown leather bound, the spines with raised ridge bands and titles, with Bridehead bookplates (2)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 594 Sold
AULUS, GELLIUS: 'NOCTIUM ATTICARUM'
books 1-20, with notes by Johannes Fredericus and Jacobus Gronovii, published by Boutesteyn and Du Vivie, Leiden 1706, all contained in one tooled vellum bound volume with handwritten half title to spine, with Bridehead bookplate
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 595 Sold
PHAEDRI: 'FABULARUM AESOPIARUM'
books 1-5, published by Fratrum Barbou, Paris 1726, all contained in vellum binding with ink half title to spine, Moor Park bookplate and retaining decorative frontispiece
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 596 Sold
MANILII, M: 'ASTRONOMICON'
books 1-5, with notes by Michael Fayus, published by Fredericum Leonard, Paris 1679, all contained in one tooled vellum binding with ink half title, with Bridehead bookplate and retaining decorative frontispiece
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 597 Sold
FESTI (FESTUS), SEX. POMPEI AND FLACCI (FLACCUS) MAR. VERRII: 'DE VERBORUM SIGNIFICATIONE'
books 1-20, illustrated by Andreas Dacerius, published by Huguetanorum, Amsterdam 1699, all contained in tooled vellum binding with ink half title, with Bridehead bookplate and retaining decorative frontispiece.

Note: Marcus Verrius Flaccus (circa 55BC - circa 20AD), the teacher of Emperor Augustus' grandsons, completed an encyclopaedic dictionary ('On The Meaning Of Words'), the contents of which are known today only from a lengthy summary written about 150 years later by Sextus Pompeius Festus.
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 598 Sold
NASONIS, PUBLII OVIDII (OVID): 'OPERA OMNIA'
edited by Peter Burman and others, volumes 1-4, published by Janssonio Waesbergios, Amsterdam 1727, tooled vellum bound with ink half titles, with Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier bookplates and retaining decorative frontispieces (4)
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 599 Sold
MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLÒ: 'TUTTE L'OPERE'
with preface by Giuseppe Baretti, volumes 1-3, printed for Tommaso Davies, London 1772, full brown leather bound with gilt titled spines and Bridehead bookplates (3)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 600 Sold
WITTMAN, WILLIAM: 'TRAVELS IN TURKEY, ASIA MINOR, SYRIA AND ACROSS THE DESERT INTO EGYPT'
printed for Richard Phillips, London 1803, spotted brown leather bound, the spine with black leather half title, with Thomas Phillip Earl Grey Wrest part bookplate and retaining numerous coloured original plates
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 601 Sold
WILSON, ROBERT THOMAS: 'HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO EGYPT'
with illustrations by Sir Ralph Abercromby, second edition, printed by C. Roworth and sold by T. Egerton, Whitehall 1803, with gilt tooled brown leather binding, titled spine, with Bridehead bookplates and retaining fold-out plates
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 602 Sold
HAYLEY, WILLIAM: 'THE LIFE AND POSTHUMOUS WRITINGS OF WILLIAM COWPER'
volumes 1-3, printed by J. Seagrave, Chichester, for J. Johnson, London 1803, brown leather bound with gilt titled spine and Bridehead bookplates; together with Teignmouth, Lord: two copies of 'Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones', first and second editions, both sold by John Hatchard, London 1804 and 1806 respectively, brown leather bound; and Pennington, Montagu: 'Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Elizabeth Carter', printed for F&C Rivington, London 1807, brown leather bound (6)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 603 Sold
CARRINGTON, JOHN BODMAN AND HUGHES, GEORGE RAVENSWORTH: 'THE PLATE OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GOLDSMITHS'
two copies, both printed at The University Press, Oxford 1926, in gilt tooled leather and red cloth binding respectively, the latter retaining compliment slip from The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths (2)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 604 Sold
HUME, DAVID: 'THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
volumes 1-5, printed by T. Bensley, Bolt-Court, Fleet-Street, for Robert Bowyer, Pall-Mall, London 1806, folio size gilt tooled red leather bound with titled spines, inscribed in ink to front end paper of volume 1 'To Robert Williams .... upon his marriage ... By William Harry Perceval ... Compton Valance Sept. 7. 1847' (5)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 605 Sold
GIBBON, EDWARD: 'THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE'
fourth edition, volumes 1-6, printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London 1781; together with 'Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq.' volumes 1-3, volumes 1 and 2 printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell Junior, London 1796, volume 3 printed for John Murray, London 1815, all bound in matching grained brown leather with red leather half titles to spines and with Bridehead bookplates (9)
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 606 Sold
CAREW, RICHARD: 'SURVEY OF CORNWALL'
with notes by Tomkin and Lord de Dunstanville, printed by T. Bensley for Faulder, London and Rees & Curtis, Plymouth 1811, grained brown leather bound with black leather half title and Bridehead bookplate; together with Nelson, Robert: 'A Companion for Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England', 35th edition, printed for Rivington et al, London 1821, gilt tooled brown leather bound (2)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 607 Sold
MARSHALL, JOHN: 'THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'
volumes 1-5, printed for Richard Phillips, London 1804, gilt tooled leather binding with titled spines, Bridehead bookplates, volume 1 retaining the Washington portrait frontispiece (5)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 608 Sold
ROSCOE, WILLIAM: 'THE LIFE AND PONTIFICATE OF LEO THE TENTH'
volumes 1-4, printed by J. McCreery for T. Cadell & W. Davies, London 1805, gilt tooled leather bound with titled spines and Bridehead bookplates (4)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 609 Sold
EDWARDS, BRYAN: 'THE HISTORY, CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL, OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN THE WEST INDIES'
second edition, volumes 1-2, printed for John Stockdale, London 1794, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt titled spines and marbled boards, Bridehead bookplates and retaining copious fold-out maps and plates (2)
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 610 Sold
BUCKINGHAM, J. S.: 'TRAVELS IN PALESTINE THROUGH THE COUNTRIES OF BASHAN AND GILEAD'
printed for Longman et al, London 1821, brown leather bound with gilt titled spine, Bridehead bookplate and retaining copious plates and maps within the text, with a folding map of Palestine dated 1818
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 611 Sold
LYON, CAPTAIN G. F.: 'A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA'
published by John Murray, London 1821, gilt tooled brown leather bound with red leather half title, Bridehead bookplate and retaining copious coloured illustrations within the text, with fold-out map titled 'Map of a Route through the Regency of Tripoli and Kingdom of Fezzan'
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 612 Sold
PORTLOCK, CAPTAIN NATHANIEL: 'A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD'
printed for John Stockdale and George Goulding, London 1789, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine and retaining numerous fold-out charts and plates within the text including ornithological studies
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 613 Sold
PENNANT, THOMAS: 'SOME ACCOUNT OF LONDON'
second edition, printed for Robert Faulder, London 1791, grained brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with red leather half title, Bridehead bookplate and retaining numerous plates including folding map of 'London and Westminster in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Anno Domini 1563'
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
Lot 614 Sold
BACON, FRANCIS: 'THE WORKS'
volumes 1-5, printed for Rivington & Sons et al, London 1778, gilt tooled brown leather binding with titled spines, Bridehead book plates and retaining plates within the text including fold-out 'The General Distribution of Human Knowledge'; together with Stanhope, Phillip Dormer: 'Miscellaneous Works', volumes 1-2, printed for Edward & Charles Dilly, London 1777; and Stanhope, Eugenia: 'Letters Written by Phillip Dormer Stanhope', volumes 1-2, printed for J. Dodsley, London 1774,
all four volumes in matching gilt tooled grained brown leather binding with red leather half titles…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 June 2025
13 June 2025

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