Title inscribed in frame above image., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Inscription in French on oval ribbon framing the image: Sa mathematique est l'epreuve. Sort, tu nous es dubieux au bout ..., Six lines of verse in Dutch below image: Ik speel voor man en wyf, als onbestuve weew ..., Plate 17 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Mounted to 43 x 27 cm., mounted again to 47 x 31 cm.
"A broadside satirising the share trade mania and the collapse of the Mississippi investment scheme; with an etching showing five scenes, the central image with a view onto the Mississippi river, in the foreground a group of European settlers talking to two American Indians, at the top left a roundel with an image showing the lying-in-state of Louis XIV, the top right image showing John Law presenting his investment scheme to the Duke of Orleans, the lower left image shows an opulent interior with bags of coins being wheeled in, the lower right image depicts an interior with a gentleman seating on a chair and lamenting, two children and two women quarelling and crying; with engraved Dutch title, inscriptions, numbering 1-4, and with letterpress title and verses, including a key to the images, in two columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nieuwe volkplanting om wind
Description:
Title from item., Title in letterpress at top of sheet. Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Mississippi, or, The world-famous Goldland in the fancy of the Wind-trade., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Caption below the image: Fümüs gloria mündi., Two columns of verse in letterpress below plate: Dit 's 't wond're Missisippi land besaamd door zynen actiehandel ..., Plate 5 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., Mounted to 44 x 33 cm., and Watermark.
Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX. jahr der XVIII. eeuw
Description:
Title from item., State with a figure of a man sprawled on two chairs in the lower left corner and the words "Trans port" engraved on the block of stone in the lower right corner., Plate 34 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Six lines of verse followed by sixteen lines of text in French in the lower left of plate: Qui le croira? Qui l'eût jamais pensé? ..., and Six lines of verse followed by sixteen lines of text in Dutch in the lower right of plate: Wat volk wat eeuw zal dit bedryf geloven ...
Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX. jahr der XVIII. eeuw
Description:
Title from item., State with a figure of a weeping woman sitting on a chair next to a table in the lower left corner and the words "Procuration pour Hoorn &c." engraved on the block of stone in the lower right corner., Plate 35 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Six lines of verse followed by sixteen lines of text in French in the lower left of plate: Qui le croira? Qui l'eût jamais pensé? ..., Six lines of verse followed by sixteen lines of text in Dutch in the lower right of plate: Wat volk wat eeuw zal dit bedryf geloven ..., and Watermark: countermark DP (monogram) in the right part of sheet.
Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX. jahr der XVIII. eeuw
Description:
Title from item., State with a figure of a weeping woman sitting on a chair next to a stone plinth engraved with verse in French and Dutch in the lower left corner of image and the words "Procuration pour Hoorn &c." engraved on the block of stone in the lower right corner., Plate 36 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Six lines of verse in French followed by sixteen lines of text in the lower left of plate: Qui le croira? Qui l'eût jamais pensé? ..., and Six lines of verse in Dutch followed by sixteen lines of text in the lower right of plate: Wat volk wat eeuw zal dit bedryf geloven ...
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The rising and falling of the share-dealers., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Seven columns of verse below design: Zie hier een arm Gezel wel eêr Berooft van Geld, en goed, en haven ..., and Plate 17 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Rise, middle, and no-end of the crafty John Law., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch below central design: Nu Lauw ziet dat de Goude schyven ..., Plate 9 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Watermark in the right part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the left part.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Pasquin's wind cards of the wind trade in the year 1720., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., One of two plates depicting a set of 54 playing cards., Twenty seven images of playing cards in three rows, begining with the king of clubs in the upper left corner and ending with the card engraved with the title in the lower right corner. Each image is 8.4 x 4.8 cm., and Part of plate 15 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Quinquempoix destroyed., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Two columns of verse in Dutch below image: Law, die vry warm vry heet van kruin ..., Plate 28 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in upper part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in lower part.