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The First Ed Frossard Publication
Frossard, Ed. THE CURIOSITY SHOP AND ANTIQUARY. PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN LOCAL ARCH®OLOGY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LADIES' FAIR OF ST. BARNABAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Irvington, September 17, 1875. Tabloid [32 by 24.5 cm], single sheet folded in half, as issued. 4 pages. Spine reinforced with clear tape; clear tape repairs at some points of margins. Very good or so. Bourne 1870-25. After a brief Salutatory, Frossard recounts the significance of Westchester County during the Revolutionary War. A section on Numismatics follows where he discusses the "sudden scarcity and demand for the cents of the old series... the prices that even the common dates bring, shows, too plainly that these cents are daily growing scarcer." A discussion of American colonial coins follows. He notes with understandable pride that the "finest coin collection in the world at the present time is undoubtedly that of the French mint at Paris." Page 3 is devoted entirely to the "Curiosity Shop. A collection of one thousand objects: Indian relics, American Coins, Continental and Colonial paper money, Autographs, etc-, collected by Ed. Frossard and exhibited for the benefit of the Ladies' Fair... All articles priced are for sale, profits accruing for the benefit of the Fair." Everything from coins to "a skull from the Flat Head tribe" are arranged in forty categories. Numismatics clearly takes precedence, comprising the first nine listings--from a set of U.S. Cents to a Medal of General Lafayette. The final page is comprised of further notes and advertisements, including those of J.W. Haseltine and J.W. Scott & Co. Frossard's activities as a teacher are also recounted, including "evening classes in the French language" and "private tuition in Latin, Mathematics, French, and other modern languages, etc., etc." A rare, unusual and truly delightful publication from the man John Adams aptly describes as "one of the more colorful figures to ever compile a coin catalog." Ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $300)
Frossard, Ed. THE CURIOSITY SHOP AND ANTIQUARY. PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN LOCAL ARCH®OLOGY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LADIES' FAIR OF ST. BARNABAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Irvington, September 17, 1875. Tabloid [32 by 24.5 cm], single sheet folded in half, as issued. 4 pages. Spine reinforced with clear tape; clear tape repairs at some points of margins. Very good or so. Bourne 1870-25. After a brief Salutatory, Frossard recounts the significance of Westchester County during the Revolutionary War. A section on Numismatics follows where he discusses the "sudden scarcity and demand for the cents of the old series... the prices that even the common dates bring, shows, too plainly that these cents are daily growing scarcer." A discussion of American colonial coins follows. He notes with understandable pride that the "finest coin collection in the world at the present time is undoubtedly that of the French mint at Paris." Page 3 is devoted entirely to the "Curiosity Shop. A collection of one thousand objects: Indian relics, American Coins, Continental and Colonial paper money, Autographs, etc-, collected by Ed. Frossard and exhibited for the benefit of the Ladies' Fair... All articles priced are for sale, profits accruing for the benefit of the Fair." Everything from coins to "a skull from the Flat Head tribe" are arranged in forty categories. Numismatics clearly takes precedence, comprising the first nine listings--from a set of U.S. Cents to a Medal of General Lafayette. The final page is comprised of further notes and advertisements, including those of J.W. Haseltine and J.W. Scott & Co. Frossard's activities as a teacher are also recounted, including "evening classes in the French language" and "private tuition in Latin, Mathematics, French, and other modern languages, etc., etc." A rare, unusual and truly delightful publication from the man John Adams aptly describes as "one of the more colorful figures to ever compile a coin catalog." Ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $300)