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. W. 74 (full-p. and double-p./fold.) plates. Fol. Cont. h. vellum w. large paper w. title pasted on upper side. (Discreet ticket on spine, sides chafed, dam. to extremities, lower joint partly broken, textblock broken between B2 and C, some yellowing/foxing, slight waterstains in places, one small doodle in the margin of a print).
Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid (The Great Mirror of Folly) pokes mordant, satirical fun at the speculative period of the "bubbles" in 1720 which all 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 a bit earlier, in 1719. Finally, the 'Dutch bubble' derived from the other two bubbles and started in March 1720. 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". - Following Muller: 3537-3555, 3557-3563, 3581, 3565-3580, 3607, 3582-3591, 3564, extra plate 3611b, 3592-3594, 3597, 3595, 3598, 3596, extra plate 3615, 3599, 3601, variation 3600b, 3602, extra plate 3612, 3604-05, 3603, extra plate 3613, 3600, 3608, no index plate. Lacking: "4 Brieven van N.N. over den Windhandel", plates 3536, 3556, 3606, 3609. - Muller II, p. 110-26; Kress 3217; Atlas v. Stolk, 3452.€ 1400
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