It contains the correspondence of Mr. Chas. Delafaye, Secy. to the Lords Justices with the Earl Stanhope during the King's absence at Hanover in the years 1719 and 1720. It presents nothing of the slightest importance but a few curious letters in the ...
Description:
Annotated on front flyleaf: "The Book was purchased at the sale of the effects of the Rev. Mr. Baker at Wiley, in the month of Oct. 1840. How it came into his possession is not known.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Foreign relations--1714-1727 and Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1727
Subject (Name):
Heytesbury, William A'Court,--Baron,--1799-1860--Bookplate, South Sea Company, and Stanhope, James Stanhope,--Earl,--1673-1721
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720 and Speculation--History
Manuscript, in undentified hand, containing a proposal for the creation of a trade company in the city of Middelburg. After the introduction follow 19 terms and conditions which include the appointment of commissioners and directors, and the assemblin...
Description:
In Dutch.
Subject (Geographic):
Middelburg (Netherlands), Europe, and Netherlands
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company
Subject (Topic):
Colonial companies, Commercial crimes, Speculation, and Economic conditions
Manuscript, in unidentified hand, containing different merchantships and subscriptions related to the city of Rotterdam in the year 1720. Page [1] contains a proposal for the creation of pooled capital or "samengevoegd kapitaal" followed by a list of ...
Description:
In Dutch.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Netherlands, and Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company
Subject (Topic):
Colonial companies, Commercial crimes, Speculation, and Economic conditions
Manuscript, in unidentified hand, containing a proposal for the creation of pooled capital or "een groot samengevoegd kapitaal" in the city of Delft in the year 1720, in imitation of the city of the Rotterdam which had just instituted the same capital...
Description:
In Dutch.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Netherlands, and Delft (Netherlands)
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company
Subject (Topic):
Colonial companies, Commercial crimes, Speculation, and Economic conditions
"Facade of the house, on Threadneedle Street, with grand arched entrance leading through to courtyard; a carriage leaving on the right, elegantly dressed figures in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state of the sa...
Description:
Title from text etched within banner at top of image.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by John Bowles at Mercers Hall in Cheapside
"Satire on the financial crisis of 1720 (based, partly in reverse, on 1868,0808.9612) the courtyard of the Amsterdam Exchange now standing for stockbroking in London. The banner now lists 42 investment schemes, including "Robin's Fishery for Gudgeons"...
Alternative Title:
Devil take the hindmost and Bubblers bubbled
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Moore, Arthur, 1666?-1730., Knight, Robert, 1675-1744, and South Sea Company
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Financial crises, History, Politics and government, and Stock exchanges
"Satire on the South Sea Bubble: mezzotint showing a mourner holding an empty money bag upside down. Above, an emblematic image with, from left to right, a failed investor holding a torn paper reading, "Poverty is at an end"; a man falling from clouds...
Alternative Title:
Englands folly
Description:
Title from text above center image.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yd
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company
Subject (Topic):
Speculation, Business failures, Commerce, and Grief
