GROOTE TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID, HET, Vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den Jaare 1720. Zynde een Verzameling v. alle de conditien en projecten Van de opgeregte Compagnien van Assurantie, Navigatie, Commercie, &c. in Nederland, zo wel die in gebruik zyn gebragt, (…). (N.pl., no publ.), 1720. (2), 26; 52, 32 (recte 29) 8 pp. And with 4 letters (4°)concerning the wind-trade bound in (each 10 pp.). W. 75 engr. plates of which the greater part folded or double-p. Fol. Cont. h. goatskin. (Spine a bit rubbed, corners bumped, a few plates w. sm. tears, a bit browned/dustsoiled in places, outer margin of some fold. plates a bit frayed).
Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid (The Great Mirror of Folly) pertains to the speculative period of the "bubbles" in 1720 which bursted at about the same time: the 'South Sea Bubble', named after the British South Sea Company, lasted from January to September, 1720; the 'Mississippi Bubble', after the Mississippi Company in France, had begun in 1719 and the 'Dutch bubble' started in March 1720 and derived from the other two bubbles. Very important source for 18th c. Dutch economic history. As Muller puts it: "Dit boek: Tafereel der Dwaasheid, is eene hoogst belangrijke verzameling van vrij geestige platen en tekst over den Windhandel". Our copy is the first edition with the 4 letters separately bound up as quarto units. Present are Muller 3536-3570, 3572-3605 (lacking Muller 3571, 3606-09). Extra plates: Muller 3611, 3612, 3614, 3615, 3620. (= Cole's 'The Great Mirror of Folly' 1-35, 37-70 and extra 2, 3, 5, 6, 11). Muller II, p. 110-11; Kress 3217; Atlas v. Stolk, 3452. For the 4 letters see Muller 3666-3670.€ 1800
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