Antique Print-STOCK MARKET-SATIRE-WORLD ON WASTEPAPER-John Law-1720

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Plate 63: 'Des kladpapieren waerelds vuur in as verkeerd.' (The world is fragile when its faith is written on wastepaper.) A caricature in prose and verse satirizing the disastrous Mississippi scheme (1718-1720) of the French Compagnie d'Occident and the speculations its stock that led to the complete ruin of many of its over-eager French, Dutch and English shareholders; emblems showing the mythological distractions of life: Bacchus, Wealth, Adonis, Midas. Copperplate etching / engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark. Description: Original engraved print from "Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX �", Amsterdam, 1720. (The Great Mirror of Folly, which is actually a collection on all printsmaps and text, published in 1720, satirizing the Englishman John Law, his Mississippi Company, and the international land and trading speculation in worthless shares of the South Sea Bubble of 1719-1720, which resulted in an international scandal.Artists and Engravers: Unknown. Condition: Very good, given age. Very good, given its age. Two small stains in lower part of print. General age related toning and light staining as visible on scan. Original fold as issued. Paper separation at lower fold, restored and backed. Please study scan carefully. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: B53-41 The overall size is ca. 18 x 14.9 inch. The image size is ca. 15.6 x 12.2 inch. The overall size is ca. 45.8 x 37.9 cm. The image size is ca. 39.5 x 31 cm.

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• Titre: Antique Print-STOCK MARKET-SATIRE-WORLD ON WASTEPAPER-John Law-1720
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