381. Economics.- Het groote Tafereel der Dwaashied vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie in Vrankrijk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, engraved folding frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 73 engraved plates, all but 9 double-page or folding, a few minor marginal tears or repairs, contemporary speckled calf, spine in compartments and richly gilt, joints cracking, rubbed, [Goldsmiths 5829; Kress 3217; Muller 3535; Sabin 28932], folio, [?Amsterdam], no printer, 1720.
est. £1500 – £2000
A compilation of satirical texts and prints relating to the ruinous exploits of John Law and his infamous Mississippi scheme of 1717-1720.