Frossard, Ed., and H.G. Sampson. BOUND VOLUME OF EIGHT AUCTION SALES, SIX OF THEM WITH PLATES. New York, 1880-1884. Includes: 1) Sampson, H.G. A Collection of Fine United States Dollars ... and a Fine Collection of Beautiful and Rare Foreign Crowns, the Property of Mr. John Marr, of Rochester, N.Y. Also, a Superb Collection of United States Cents and Half Cents, Colonial Coins ... the Property of Mr. C.F. Frothingham, of New York. New York: Bangs, May 29, 1883. 35, (1) pages; 584 lots; 1 artotype plate. Hand-priced in ink. 2) Frossard, Ed. Catalogue of a Large and Varied Assortment of United States and Foreign Silver and Copper Coins, Including a Choice Selection of Crowns and Double Crowns of the Sixteenth Century.... New York: Bangs, April 1, 1882. 33, (1) pages; 647 lots; 2 heliotype plates. Printed on thick paper. Hand-priced in ink. 3) Frossard, Ed. Catalogue of a Large and Varied Assortment of United States & Foreign Coins and Medals.... A Library of Rare Numismatic Works, Also the Collection of American and English Copper Tokens of Lyman H. Low, Esq., of New York. New York: Bangs, February 28, 1882. 40 pages; 743 lots; 2 heliotype plates. Printed on thick paper. Hand-priced in ink. 4) Frossard, Ed. Catalogue of American and Foreign Coins and Medals, a Fine Set of United States Cents, Including Many Varieties of the Earlier Dates.... New York: Bangs, Nov. 25, 1882. 39, (1) pages; 603 lots; 3 heliotype plates. Printed on thick paper. Hand-priced in ink. Plate II damaged, affecting two images and the page opposite. 5) Frossard, Ed. Catalogue of the Collection of Coins and Medals of Ed. Frossard, of Irvington, N.Y. ... New York: Bangs, October 2-3, 1884. 77, (1) pages; 1038 lots. Hand-priced in pencil. 6) Frossard, Ed. Catalogue of Modern Coins, Medals and Tokens .... Formerly the Collection of Rev. T. Wilkinson, of Berlin. New York: Bangs, February 27-28, 1880. 67, (3) pages; 1200 lots. Hand-priced in ink. 7) Frossard, Ed. Catalogue of a Collection of United States Silver Coins, the Property of William H. Cottier, Esq. of Buffalo, N.Y. Comprising Nearly the Entire Series of American Silver Coinage.... New York: Bangs, May 5, 1882. 33, (1) pages; 638 lots; 2 heliotype plates. Printed on thick paper. Hand-priced in ink. 8) Frossard, Ed. Catalogue of a Silver Cabinet, Ancient and Modern Portrait Coins, and Medals of Artistic and Historical Value.... The Property of J.W. Marsh, Esq., of Jacksonville, Illinois. To Which Are Added the Remaining American Coins of E.F. Kuithan, Esq.... New York: Bangs, March 14, 1884. 35, (3) pages; 613 lots; 3 heliotype plates. Printed on thick paper. Hand-priced in ink. Includes both an erroneous and corrected version of page 3-4, as usual. Eight catalogues, bound in one volume. 8vo, contemporary brown half morocco, gilt, with marbled boards; spine with five raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt. Binding a bit rubbed, but still attractive and sound. A near fine volume, overall. Adams 7 for Sampson and Adams 20, 19, 25, 37, 7, 21 and 35 for Frossard. Ex Carl Würtzbach, with his signature on the verso of the Sampson plate. A lovely volume, with a fine provenance and excellent content. Eight sales, all significant, are included, six of which feature photographically printed plates. A quick summary is as follows. 1) The Sampson sale featured excellent large cents, to which the plate is entirely devoted (Davis 898, rated A for large cents by Adams). 2) The plates of the April 1882 Frossard sale are devoted mostly to European silver, particularly German thalers, as well as a couple U.S. pieces (Davis 402, rated A for German and French material by Adams). 3) The February 1882 sale featured selections from Lyman Low's outstanding collection of tokens, some of which are illustrated along with a number of medals (Davis 401, rated A for tokens by Adams). 4) The November 1882 sale included some important medals and early large cents, the latter of which dominate the first plate, while the other two are mostly devoted to European silver and coins of the Americas (Davis 404, rated B for large cents, medals and comments, and B+ overall by Adams). 5) Frossard's own outstanding collection was sold in the October 1884 sale, which is most notable for his set of exquisite 1794 cents, which sold as a group for $420 (rated A+ overall, and A for large cents, colonials and ancients by Adams). 6) The February 1880 sale was Frossard's first to feature a really choice collection of foreign coins, in this case European silver, though it also included some U.S. rarities (rated A overall, and for proofs, German/French material and "Rest of Europe" by Adams). 7) The May 1882 sale is of the William Cottier collection. The plates focus on early U.S. silver as well as European and South American silver, but also include a Jefferson Head cent, a 1670 Gloriam Regni 15 sols and a 1759 Guadalupe Surrenders medal (Davis 403, rated A for early silver and A- overall by Adams). 8) The J.W. March collection has two plates primarily illustrating European silver coins, though some U.S. silver (including a 1794 dollar) is included, as are ancient Greek coins, Asian coins and a selection of Franco-American jetons that Frossard states are fresh from the Paris Mint (Davis 405, No. 40 in Fanning's Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, rated B for continental Europe and B overall by Adams). Taken as a group, the catalogues are strong in a number of different areas, including early U.S. coppers, European silver, tokens and ancient coins: quite a variety. All of the plated sales are scarce, with a few of them being especially so. The binding is sound, contemporary and attractive. Ex David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature, Auction I, lot 486 at $4100 hammer; ex Cardinal Collection Library.