"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
Description:
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
Description:
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
Description:
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
Description:
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
Description:
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.
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., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: The rising and falling of the share-dealers., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Seven columns of verse below design: Zie hier een arm Gezel wel eêr Berooft van Geld, en goed, en haven ..., and Plate 17 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1.
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Rise, middle, and no-end of the crafty John Law., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Four columns of verse in Dutch below central design: Nu Lauw ziet dat de Goude schyven ..., Plate 9 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Watermark in the right part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the left part.
