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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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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 Title Estimate Hammer price
759 'ROTULI PARLIAMENTORUM UT ET PETITIONES'
covering 1278-1503, six full brown folio volumes, the spines with red and green leather half titles and with Moor Park bookplates (6)
£100 - £200 £100 View
760 RAPIN DE THOYRAS: 'THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
translated by M. Tindal, second edition, volumes 1-2, printed for James, John and Paul Knapton, London 1732, full brown leather folio binding with red leather half titles, Moor Park bookplate and…
£300 - £500 - View
761 PLATO: 'OPERA'
edited by Joannis Serrani, vols. 1-2, published by Henry Stephanus 1578, elaborate gilt tooled brown leather folio bound with black leather half titles and Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier…
£200 - £400 £3,000 View
762 AUGUSTINI, SANCTI AURELII: 'OPERUM'
new edition, books 1-11, published by Societatis, Antwerp 1702, bound in eight tooled vellum volumes, the brown leather spines with raised ridge bands and tooled half titles, with interesting…
£200 - £400 £160 View
763 RUFFHEAD, OWEN: 'THE STATUTES AT LARGE FROM MAGNA CHARTER TO THE 25TH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE III'
new edition, volumes 1-10 including index and appendix; together with a further four volumes numbered 11, 12, 13 and 14, of the same title but by different editors; and Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne: 'The…
£200 - £400 £120 View
764 CARTE, THOMAS: 'A GENERAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
volumes 1-3, printed for the author and sold by J. Hodges, London 1747, three grained brown leather bound volumes with red and blue half titles and Bridehead bookplates; together with Stanley, Mrs: …
£100 - £200 £80 View
765 KENNEDY, HOWARD ANGUS (ED.): 'THE STORY OF THE EMPIRE'
published by Horace Marshall & Son, London, volumes 1-10, comprising different titles by various authors, gilt tooled red cloth bound (10)
£50 - £100 £40 View
766 STACKHOUSE, REVEREND THOMAS: 'A NEW HISTORY OF THE HOLY BIBLE'
volumes 1-2, printed for John Hinton, London 1755, gilt tooled brown leather bound with black leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates and retaining various illustrations to the text; together with …
£100 - £200 - View
767 HARRIS, JOHN: 'A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE VOYAGES AND TRAVELS'
printed for T. Woodward et al, London 1744, brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with half titles, Bridehead bookplate pasted over earlier bookplate and retaining maps and illustrations to text…
£200 - £400 £1,600 View
768 THUCYDIDIS (THUCYCDIDES): 'BELLO PELOPONNESIACO' (HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR)
volumes 1-8, Greek and Latin text, printed by Wetstenios & Smith, Amsterdam 1731, tooled vellum bound with black leather half titles and retaining frontispiece engraving and a map of Ancient…
£100 - £200 £220 View
769 STEPHANI, ROBERTI: 'THESAURUS LINGUAE LATINAE'
new edition, volumes 1-4, printed by Sam Harding, London 1734, gilt tooled brown leather bound with red and green leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates pasted over earlier bookplates; together…
£100 - £200 £70 View
770 COKER, REVEREND: 'A SURVEY OF DORSETSHIRE'
printed for J. Wilcox et al, London 1732, brown leather bound with titled spine, Bridehead bookplate pasted over bookplate, and retaining a fold-out map of Dorsetshire to the front; together with a…
£100 - £200 £200 View
771 CAII PLINII SECUNDI (PLINY THE ELDER): 'NATURALIS HISTORIAE'
books 1-37, edited by Jean Hardouin, published by Franciscum Muguet, Paris, 1685, bound in five gilt tooled brown leather volumes with red leather half titles; together with 'Xenophontis (Xenophon)…
£100 - £200 £190 View
772 BERTOT, MONSIEUR L'ABBÉ: 'THE HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA'
volumes 1-2, printed for G. Strahan et al, London 1728, tooled brown leather bound with Bridehead bookplates and retaining numerous portrait plates to the text, volume 1 with fold-out map (2)
£200 - £400 £260 View
773 TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM: 'THE WORKS'
volumes 1-2, printed for J. Round et al, London 1731, gilt tooled brown leather binding with green leather half title and Bridehead bookplates; together with five other interesting leather bound…
£100 - £200 £90 View
774 BOYLE, ROBERT: 'THE WORKS'
volumes 1-6, printed for J & F Rivington et al, London 1772, grained brown calf bound, the gilt tooled spines with red and black leather half titles, and Bridehead bookplates; together with 'The…
£50 - £100 £400 View
775 SNAKENBURG, HENRICUS: 'QUINTI CURTII RUFI DE ... ALEXANDRI MAGNI, REGIS MACEDONUM'
volumes 1-2, published by Beman & Luchtmans, 1724, gilt tooled, brown leather bound with black leather half titles, Bridehead bookplates and retaining numerous illustrations to the text and fold…
£100 - £200 £100 View
776 SPENSER, EDMUND: 'THE FAERIE QUEENE'
collated from the 1590 and 1596 editions with a life of the author, and with 32 copper plates after originals by William Kent, volumes 1-3, printed for J. Brindley, London 1751, gilt tooled, brown…
£100 - £200 £250 View
777 'SELECT VIEWS IN ITALY'
volume one only, containing a full series of engravings by various artists after originals by J. Smith, printed by T. Chapman for John Smith, William Byrne and John Emes, London 1792, gilt tooled…
£50 - £100 £140 View
778 'THE TRYAL OF DR. HENRY SACHEVERELL BEFORE THE HOUSE OF PEERS FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS'
published by the Order of the House of Peers and printed for Jacob Tomson, London, the front fly leaf with handwritten index, tooled brown leather bound with raised ridge bands and punched half title
£50 - £100 £30 View
779 D'EWES, SIR SIMONDS: 'A COMPLEAT JOURNAL OF THE VOTES, SPEECHES AND DEBATES, BOTH OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS THROUGHOUT THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'
second edition, printed for Jonathan Robinson et al, London 1693, brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with maroon leather half title, Moor Park bookplate and retaining 'Queen Elizabeth in…
£100 - £200 £500 View
780 'LA SAINTE BIBLE'
with notes by David Martin, published by Mortier et al, Amsterdam 1712, brown leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with brown leather half title and with William Williams bookplate, retaining…
£50 - £100 - View
781 DE CAMÖENS, LUIS: 'THE LUSIADS'
translated by William Julius Mickle, second edition, printed by Jackson & Lister for Bew et al, Oxford 1778; together with Mickle, William Julius: 'Poems and a Tragedy', printed by A. Paris for…
£50 - £100 £120 View
782 DE SAINBEL, CHARLES VIAL: 'ELEMENTS OF THE VETERINARY ART'
third edition, printed for J. Wright, London 1797, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine, Bridehead bookplate and retaining folding plates to text, including 'Anatomical, Geometrical and…
£150 - £250 £600 View

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