"Satire on the financial crisis in 1720 with two plates one framing the other. In the centre an etching showing a nymph (Pecunia) and a satyr embracing underneath a palm tree, on the left clouds and wind, on the right coins dropping from the sky, in the foreground, a dish of horse droppings wrapped in gold foil (according to the verse description), a mariner's compass lettered "West" and "Zuid" and papers referring ominously to the financial situation in the coming year. The frame consists of strapwork peopled by callot figures: at the top a civet-cat peers over a cartouche lettered with the title, on either side is draped the cloak of a fool covered with hawks' bells; on the left, at the top, hangs a pair of skates, below this a young dwarf leans out of a window raising his hand to throw a stone, and below him is a large fan of feathers; on the right, at the top, hangs a pair of fur mittens, below this a dwarf looks out of a window blowing his fingers to warm them, and below him hangs a horse-collar (?) decorated with two eagles' heads; at the bottom, a dwarf wearing a fur cap sits in a sledge propelling himself with a stick, beside him, to left, lies a large bundle of twigs and an axe, and, to right, a spade and pick-axe. Engraved Dutch titles, inscriptions, and verses in two columns alluding to the Scotch trader (i.e., John Law)."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The keepsake of January which, because of the new golden age, was transformed in horse-figs : New-Year's gift perfumed by the musk of fools' horses and dedicated to Pecunia, Goddess of Money, by the Prince of Stocks, or Viceroy of Plutus, nourishing his ill-placed love in a new hiding-place., Four columns of verse in Dutch above and below the smaller plate: Geen beter Gift in 't Niewe Jaar Was ooit voor 't Actie volk te vinden ..., Plate 82 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark.
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.
Title etched above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Natural stock doctor, or, Bubbling bubble master., Publication date from Stephens., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '3' within image., Earlier text burnished from plate between image and verse., Two columns of verse in Dutch below image: Heb niet veel muts op dese bol: Hy schynt geheel de gek te scheeren ..., and Mounted to 27 x 22 cm.
Title engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Boaster covered (with armour?) who has escaped., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Earlier text burnished from plate and replaced with verse of this edition., Eight lines of verse below image: Geen beter dek-tuig, als het geen natuur ons geest ..., Plate numbered '7' within the image., and Mounted to 23 x 18 cm.
Title from item., Subtitle on oval frame surrounding the likeness of John Law., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse in French below image: Sous l'auguste et sage Regence ..., Plate 2 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Mounted to 43 x 27 cm., mounted again to 46 x 30 cm.
Title from text engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Rector Magnificus of the un-actioned (shareless) literature., Plate numbered '6' within the image., Earlier text burnished from plate and replaced with verse of this edition., Ten lines of verse below image: Wat eew is 't nu, helpt ook bazuinen of or eeren! ..., Temporary local subject terms: Dutch scholars., and Mounted to 23 x 17 cm.
Title from item., Title translated in British Museum catalogue as: Shrove tide's wreath of joy and the drama., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Twenty-two lines of verse above and below the smaller plate: De Vasten Avond praald met veele Maskeraaden ..., Five lines of text titled "Raad voor Jan Law" below verse: Ik raad u Actie-prins ..., Additional lines of verse engraved vertically on either side of smaller plate and at top and bottom of the larger plate., Traces of earlier text burnished from the bottom of the larger plate visible under caption of this edition., and Plate 6 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2.
Title from text engraved above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Drinking cup, beaker, of Fi-âne or Vianen : second scene of Esop's Ghost., Spelling of the first word of title varies in Stephens., Plate numbered '5' within the image., Earlier text burnished from plate and replaced with title and verse of this edition., Ten lines of verse below image: Geen beter middel, als dit hooglands Nectar-vogt ..., and Mounted to 27 x 17 cm.
