Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE COLLECTION OF FOREIGN AND UNITED STATES GOLD COINS, PARTICULARLY RICH IN ANCIENT ROMAN GOLD COINS, POLISH GOLD COINS, INCLUDING A 100 DUCATS, 1621, SET OF THE SILVER DOLLARS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1794 TO 1904, 1804 ALONE EXCEPTED. 1851 OCTAGONAL $50 PIECE. FINE DECORATIONS, INCLUDING THE ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI. MAGNIFICENT CENTS OF 1794, 1796, 1797, 1802, 1803, OF THE LATE REV. STANISLAUS SIEDLECKI, PLYMOUTH, PA., TO WHICH IS ADDED THE CANADIAN COLLECTIONS OF R.O. MONTAMBAULT, J. BONNER, E.M. TURNER. Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, April 22, 1911. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers. iv, 61, (3) pages; 819 lots. [bound with] THREE FINE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. Quarto format, mounted on linen sheets with tissue guards. 4to, modern white half leatherette; spine lettered in gilt; original quarto-format printed prices realized list bound in. The plates were badly water-stained after this binding was commissioned, leaving them wrinkled and wavy, but useable. Catalogue remains near fine. Very good, with defects noted. Adams 16, with plates. Rated B+ overall: "Choice ancients. Gold coins of world, Poland. Order of Cincinnati. Proof gold. Bridge tokens. A few gem 1¢." A very difficult to obtain plated large format Chapman sale catalogue. The first plate depicts choice ancients, European coins and medals, and a few American gold rarities. Plates two and three illustrate European rarities, including multiple thalers, also a $50 slug, several important United States silver dollars, and other coins. The Siedlecki catalogue is unusual in that the unplated copies are in octavo format while the plated copies are quartos. The text in the plated versions is printed in the same octavo text block size but on quarto size paper, with very wide margins, to accommodate the quarto-size plates that were prepared. Since Henry wrote the sale and Samuel Hudson produced the plates, we expect a miscommunication took place, though the original intention is lost to time. The present copy is a later concoction, combining an unplated octavo catalogue with a set of the original quarto plates. It is almost certainly the copy we cite from the third Champa sale, though no lot ticket accompanies it. No water damage is noted in the Champa catalogue, and it is obvious that the damage occurred after this volume was produced. An opportunity to obtain a set of the rare plates at a fraction of the usual cost. Davis 202. Fanning, Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 15. Ex Armand Champa Library (Davis/Bowers Sale Part III, lot 2168); ex Saul Teichman Library (July 17, 2007 Karl Moulton sale); ex Cardinal Collection Library.