Wie redeneeren wil is mis. Men vind de Lapis by de gis
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Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Fair of the wholesale wind-pedlar., State with verse in Dutch and its paraphrase in French., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Three columns of verse in Dutch below title: Wind is 't begin, wind is het end, Myn kussen en myn fondement ..., Two columns of verse in French below the verse in Dutch: Le vent est mon tresor, coussin et fondement ..., Plate 13 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ..., v. 1., Mounted to 47 x 31 cm., and Watermark.
"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.
"Satire on the financial crisis in 1720. Law is mounted on a braying ass hung about with bags of money and a chest labelled "Bombarioos Geld Kist 1720"; he holds a flag labelled, "Ik koom ik koom Dulcinia" in reference to the lady in Don Quixote. A devil squirts a clyster-pipe into the mouth of the donkey which is dragged by chains from a metal collar, towards the Quinquenpoix coffee-house whose keeper is Dulcinea; the crowd includes a Jew, a sailor and working men as well as merchants. Behind Law sits a devil who holds up the ass's tail while it voids shares and paper money which a mixed crowd runs forward to grab; another devil wearing a fool's cap and carrying a scouge hovers above. Beside the ass, Bombario as Sancho Panza, wearing a robe decorated with fish-hooks and with a quill behind his ear, is perched on a large toad or frog; he hands a bag of money to Law. In the foreground, to left, a group of objects connected with worthwhile trade have been kicked aside: the caduceus of Mercury, ledgers, a portable desk, coins, papers, a bale, barrel and roll of tobacco. In the background, ships sail on the South Sea. Engraved Dutch title, inscriptions, and verses in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title engraved above image., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Law, like another Don Quixote, sits on Sancho's ass, being every one's fool., Publication date from book in which this print was published., Three columns of verse in Dutch engraved below image: Dulcinia en 't Actie Roth, Verzoekt den Lawen Don-Quichot ..., Plate 43 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Watermark., and Mounted to 34 x 43 cm.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
"A Portrait of John Law of Lauriston, Financier, Promoter of the Mississippi Scheme."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title engraved below image., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Four lines of verse in French in two columns below title: Sous l'auguste et sage regence d'un prince aimant la bonne foy ..., Plate 10 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Mounted to 47 x 30 cm., and Five lines of description in Dutch added below plate in an unidentified hand.
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.
