"A broadside on the South Sea Bubble, likening the speculation frenzy to allegorical scenes on the mutability of earthly goods and pleasures; with an etching showing five scenes, in the centre an outdoor scene in a village, under darkened sky a group of various people, including kings, the Pope, rich, and poor, surrounding and staring at a globe showing the South Seas (?) which are suffering from wind storms and fire; at the top left corner a scene on the death of Adonis, at the top right corner a scene of the death of Bacchus, at the bottom left a scene of King Midas sitting at a table with food turning into gold, at the bottom R a scene of a man sitting at a table set with money, jewellery and other valuables, at his R a skeleton taking his hand; with engraved title and verses in four columns. (n.p.: [1720])"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Date from British Museum online catalogue., Large oval design in center surrounded by four smaller designs, one in each corner of the plate. Six columns of verse, two on either side of the central design and two below it: De jonkheid op het vrouw'lyk schoon, in hete minne-brand onsteken ..., Plate 68 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark in the right part of sheet, countermark DP (monogram) in the left part.
Case of the joyners and cabinet-makers and Case of the joiners and cabinet-makers
Description:
Caption title., Docket title: The case of the joyners and cabinet-makers., Imprint from ESTC; dated 1700? in Wing., Not in: Hanson, L. Contemporary printed sources for British and Irish economic history, 1701-1750., Not in: Catalogue of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England and Wales, India, and East Indies
Subject (Topic):
Cabinetmakers, Economic conditions, Foreign trade regulation, and Commerce
