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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
639	‘THE WORKS OF LAURENCE STERNE’ volumes 1-8, printed for the proprietor, London, 1790, full brown calf bound, the gilt tooled spines with black leather half titles; together with another incomplete set of ‘The Works of Laurence…	£30 - £50	£80	View
640	ELLIS, WILLIAM: ‘NARRATIVE OF A TOUR THROUGH HAWAII’ quarto, second edition, published by H. Fisher, Son and P. Jackson, London 1827, full purple calf bound with gilt tooled spine	£50 - £100	£80	View
641	‘EURIPIDIS OPERA OMNIA’ volumes 1-7 and 9, printed by Richard Priestley, Glasgow 1821, gilt tooled brown calf bound with black leather half titles (8)	£30 - £50	£60	View
642	BURKE, JOHN AND BURKE, JOHN BERNARD: ‘A…DICTIONARY OF THE LANDED GENTRY’ volumes 1-3, published by Henry Colburn, London 1847, three-quarter brown leather bound with gilt tooled spines and marbled boards (3)	£100 - £200	£210	View
643	BURKE, JOHN: ‘A…HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND’ volumes 1-4, published for Henry Colburn, London 1833-8, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards, the spines with red and black leather half titles (4)	£100 - £200	£60	View
644	WALSH, THOMAS: ‘JOURNAL OF THE LATE CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT’ printed by Luke Hansard for T. Cadell Jnr and W. Davies, Strand, London 1803, full brown calf bound, the gilt tooled spine with red leather half title	£200 - £400	£240	View
645	BARETTI, JOSEPH: ‘A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES’ new edition, volumes 1 and 2 bound together, printed for Rivington et al, London 1790, full brown leather bound with black leather half title; together with an 1824 seventh edition, 2 volumes, of the…	£30 - £50	£30	View
646	ALISON, REV. ARCHIBALD: ‘ESSAYS ON THE NATURE AND PRINCIPLES OF TASTE’ printed for Robinson, London and Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh, 1790, full brown calf bound	£30 - £50	£70	View
647	‘ASIATIC RESEARCHES, OR, TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY INSTITUTED IN BENGAL’ volumes 1-5, printed for J. Sewell et al, London 1799, gilt tooled brown leather bound (5)	£200 - £400	£900	View
648	BRYDGES, SIR EGERTON: ‘COLLINS’S PEERAGE OF ENGLAND’ volumes 2-9, printed for F. C. and J. Rivington et al, London 1812, full brown leather bound with gilt tooled spines and Bridehead bookplates (8)	£50 - £100	£140	View
649	ASHLEY, ANTHONY: ‘CHARACTERISTICKS OF MEN, MANNERS, OPINIONS, TIMES’ fourth edition, volumes 1-3, published 1727, full brown gilt tooled leather binding; together with a selection of antiquarian literature and educational volumes (18)	£100 - £200	£80	View
650	‘A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF THE NATURE AND END OF THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S-SUPPER’ third edition, printed for James, John and Paul Knapton, at the Crown, Ludgate-Street, London, 1735, full brown leather bound, with Moor Park bookplate; together with four other Christianity related…	£30 - £50	£40	View
651	DELORT, J: ‘HISTOIRE DE L’HOMME AU MASQUE DE FER’ published by Delaforest, Paris, 1825, original gilt tooled maroon leather bound by C. Zillwood, Dorchester, retaining facsimile letters	£30 - £50	£90	View
652	GAVANTO, BARTOLOMMEO: ‘THESAURUS SACRORUM RITUUM’ books 1 and 2 published by Petri Chevalier, Lugundi (Lyon), 1672, bound together with ‘Enchiridion Sev Manuale Episcoporum’ parts 1 and 2 by the same author, also published by Chevalier, tooled…	£100 - £200	£130	View
653	LANG, ANDREW: ‘PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD’ limited edition no. 1116 of 1500; together with Skelton, Sir John: ‘Charles I’, both published by Goupil & Co, London 1900 and 1898 respectively, gilt tooled red cloth bound (2)	£30 - £50	-	View
654	GRAY, THOMAS: ‘POEMS’ published at the Eton College Press, 1902, gilt tooled brown leather bound, presented to 'Philip CW Williams by Edward Warre, Magister Informator, Eton, 1904'	£30 - £50	£60	View
655	A SET OF FOUR EARLY 19TH CENTURY ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS OF DORSETSHIRE sheets 15-18, engraved by Benjamin Baker and Assistants, paper sheets backed onto green edged linen, published by Lt. Col. Mudge and sold by James Gardner, Ordnance Maps agent, London 1813, each 68cm…	£150 - £250	£240	View
656	‘TRANSACTIONS OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON’ second series, volumes 1-7 (years 1831-5), printed for the Society and sold by J. Hatchard et al, London 1835, three-quarter red leather binding with marbled boards, retaining coloured plates (7)	£200 - £400	£600	View
657	TAPLIN, WILLIAM: ‘THE SPORTSMAN’S CABINET’ first edition, volumes 1 and 2, printed and published for the Proprietors by J. Dundee, London 1803-4, original three-quarter green leather binding with marbled boards by S. Mepham, Dorchester (2)	£200 - £400	£260	View
658	PICART, BERNARD AND BERNARD, JEAN FREDERIC: ‘THE CEREMONIES AND RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS OF THE VARIOUS NATIONS OF THE KNOWN WORLD’ volumes 1-6, printed by William Jackson for Claude de Bosc, engraver at the Golden Head, Covent Garden, 1733-7, full brown calf bound with gilt tooled spines, retaining plates and with Bridehead…	£300 - £500	£650	View
659	LEONI, GIACOMO: ‘THE ARCHITECTURE OF A. PALLADIO; IN FOUR BOOKS’ volumes 1-2 comprising books 1-3 in English, French and Italian, printed by John Watts, London, 1715, tooled brown suede bound with gilt tooled half titles, retaining plates and with Moor Park…	£300 - £500	£2,550	View
660	RUSSELL, WILLIAM OLDNALL: ‘A TREATISE ON CRIMES AND INDICTABLE MISDEMEANOURS’ second edition, volumes 1-2, published by Joseph Butterworth, London, 1826, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards and red and black leather half titles (2)	£30 - £50	£50	View
661	STEPHENS, HENRY: ‘THE BOOK OF THE FARM’ volumes 1-3, published by William Blackwood and Sons, London, 1845, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards, red and black leather half titles, retaining plates (3)	£100 - £200	£80	View
662	NEWTON, REV. JOHN: ‘THE WORKS’ second edition, volumes 1-6, printed for the author’s nephew and sold by T. Hamilton et al, London, 1816, gilt tooled brown calf bound (6)	£50 - £100	£40	View

Total lots: 753

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