Grosvenor Prints

Controlleur van de Gelukkige en Rampzalige Lapis-Zoekers.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Plate: 120 x 180mm (4¾ x 7"). Foxing and surface dirt. Messy.
A portrait of a dwarf, ''The Controller of the fortunate and miserable Lapis seekers, or searchers for the Philosopher's Stone''. Plate 8 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire 1670.
[Ref: 44628] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Quincampoix Destroyed.] Quincampoix in Duigen.
[1720]
Engraving 18th century watermark. Plate: 320 x 315mm (12½ x 12¼'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on the financial crisis of 1720, the scene shows a huge crowd gathering in rue Quincampoix in Paris where trade was done. A flock of crows carry papers with '0' on them. Two columns of text below.
BM Satire 1653.
[Ref: 48479] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Open Ondergang der Actieonisten Het Thuilleriece Hof Quinquempoix.
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 350 x 380mm (13¾ x 15'') very large margins. Crease as normal and marking in margins.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on the collapse of the financial bubbles of 1720. In the central image shows a large crowd gathered in a square. Rue Quinquempoix was the location of the Compagnie des Indes in Paris.
[Ref: 48473] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Fancy, the Ruler of the Guild of Smoke-Sellers, Paints Mississippi, Which Wastes France's Treasures.] De Inbeelding; Heersseres van't Rookverkopers-gild, Maald Missisippi hier, 't geen Vrankryks schat verspild.
[1720.]
Broadside, 18th century watermark. Plate: 335 x 295mm (13¼ x 11½'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical scene showing the allegorical figure of Fancy painting a prospect of Mississippi while putti sit and play around her. In the corners of the image are four scenes showing traders in North America and share holders purchasing shares. The bursting of the Mississippi contributed to the financial crisis of 1720.
BM Satire 1657.
[Ref: 48478] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Generae of Patriotism, _ or _ The Bloomsbury Farmer, planting Bedfordshire Wheat.
J.s G.y des et fec.r.
Pub.d Feb.y 3.d 1796 by H Humphrey New Bond Street.
Etching with aquatint, sheet 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14") Trimmed within plate/to plate on three sides.
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765 – 1802), as a farmer, scatters guineas from a pouch slung to his shoulder. As he sows the tips of bonnets-rouges and spikes sprout up; behind him they progressively emerge more completely, and appear as little Jacobins, a raised dagger in each hand, crowding in close ranks towards the horizon, where they hail (or are smitten by) thunderbolts which dart from clouds in the upper left corner of the design and explode on reaching the ground. The soil is prepared by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) and James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839): a bull (John Bull) is harnessed to a plough which is guided by Sheridan wearing a bonnet-rouge and Lauderdale raises a whip to flog the weary bull.. Fox's smiling face is the centre of a sun which issues from clouds and shines on Bedford. Bedford was an ardent supporter of Fox and a friend of Lauderdale; for his lavish expenditure for party purposes. Bedford was a great agriculturist and an original member of the Board of Agriculture
BM Satires 8783.
[Ref: 58780] £650.00

The School of Projects.
[by Samuel De Wilde.]
Published for the Satirist, Octr 1st 1809. by S. Tipper Leaden (St.
Etching with aquatint, Sheet 205 x 370mm (8 x 14½"). Folds as issued. Trimmed within plate. Holes in right edge where previously bound.
A satire on some of the outlandish projects being touted to investors. On the left is a model of a bridge from the Earth to the Moon, a plan devised by Ralph Dodd, who is depicted boring a hole through the Earth, a satire on his plan to dig a dry tunnel from Gravesend to Tilbury (before Brunel's Thames Tunnel). In the centre is Frederick Albert Winsor (1763-1830), pioneer of gas lighting, whose system was to be used to light both Dodd's tunnel and his proposed Strand Bridge. On the right is William Robert Henry Brown, manager of the Golden Lane Brewery, and also Chairman of the Hope Insurance Company and promoter of a Cattle Insurance Company. To his left is George Leybourne, a supporter of the cattle insurance scheme, said to have had a plan for making a sheep grow as large as an ox.
BM Satires 11439.
[Ref: 62374] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Falsely-Fair Share-Sphinx Springs Down from the High Rocks, Oedipus Having Discovered the False Secret.] De schynschoone Actie-Sphinx springt hier zig zelven dood, Zo dra als Edipus het vals geheim ontbloot.
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13¼'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch print satirising the chaos following the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. One man lies across a barrell vomiting paper which are picked up by figures in the centre and handed to a group on the left.
BM Satire 1677.
[Ref: 48467] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Shrove Tide's wreath of joy and the drama.] Vasten avonds Vreugde krans en Tooneel stuk
Anon.
1720.
Engraving, 18th centuiry watermark. Plate: 300 x 190mm (12 x 7½'') very large margins. Creasing.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on the share speculation mania of 1720 and the market collapse with the start of Lent. The central scene shows Cupid and Pan in a classical landscape and is surrounded by a border containing insstruments, food and comic figures.
BM Satire 1684.
[Ref: 48460] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Lauw Maands Herdenking, wegens de nieuwbakk Goude Eeuw, vertoverd in Paarde Vygen. Nieuw-Jaars Geschenk [New Year's Gift!]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving 18th century watermark Plate: 295 x 190mm (11½ x 7½'') very large margins.
A Dutch print satirising the mania following the collapse of the South Sea Bubble and other investment schemes. In the central image the a nymph and a satyr, the symbol of chaos and panic, are shown embracing. The central panel is surrounded by text and a decorative border, this is made up of Callot figures and dwarfs.
BM Satire 1679.
[Ref: 48331] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

By veele zit de kei in 't hooft om dat men in de wind gelooft.
[n.d., c.1725.]
Copper engraving. 310 x 390mm, 12¼ x 15¼". Split in centre fold repaired.
A broadside on the South Sea Bubble, the excessive speculation compared to various cures for bizarre illnesses which include boulders in or at people's bodies, in particular at the forehead; with an etching showing various scenes of ill people and their treatment, at the top centre is Bombario (a hunchbacked usurer) extracting worthless stones from the anus of a dead man with a stock certificate in his hand; with engraved title and various sets of inscribed verses. 'Derived from a Dutch saying 'de Kei in het hoofd hebben' (to have a cobble stone in your head) which means 'being crazy'. The remedy, applied in the middle ages, was to cut out the cobble stone from the head.' See British Museum:1907,0117.1
From the Norman Blackburn collection.
[Ref: 22115] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Law, als een tweede Don Quichot, op Sanches Graauwtje zit ten spot...
[Anon.]
[1720.]
Enrgaving 18th century watermark. Plate: 220 x 285mm (8¾ x 11¼'') very large margins. Creasing and staining.
A Dutch print satirising the financial effect of the collapse of the South Sea Bubble and the Mississippi Bubble. The scene shows Controller General of the Finances of France, John Law, riding on a donkey which is being fired at by a deamon. Scores of men pull the donkey into a building labelled 'Quinquenpoix' which was the street on which the Compagnie des Indes was located. Behind the donkey a crowd of men chase after.
[Ref: 48334] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Het uitgeteerde en stervende Actie boomje. Schoon de eid le Hoop nog hoopt, het actie boomtre sterst, Zo dra zyn voedzel van den win en dwaasheid derst.
[Pieter van den Berge?]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 420 x 330mm (16½ x 13'') very large margins. Creasing as issued. Tear in text.
A Dutch print satirising the collapse of financial markets following the bursting of the South Sea Bubble. The central image shows a putto standing in near a tree which represents trade. The text below the image translates as 'Though the vain Hope still shopes, the little tree dies when it derives its nutrition from the wind and foolishness'. Five columns of text flank the image.
[Ref: 48327] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

De stervende Bubbel-Heer in den schoot van Madame Compagnie.
[Filibert Bouttats the Younger.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 325 x 410mm (12¾ x 16''), with large margins. Creasing as issued.
A Dutch print satirising the collapse of the South Sea Bubble and other speculations schemes. In the central image a speculator collapses on the floor and he is surrounded by angry men and women. Two panels of text flank the central image.
BM Satire 1615.
[Ref: 48321] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[South Sea Bubble.] De Stropende Actie-Valk Om Hals, En't Bubbel-Rotje onder de klaauwen van den Uil.
Anon.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside. Sheet: 410 x 330mm (16 x 13''). Tears in edge.
A Dutch print satirising the speculation that caused the stock market crash following the South Sea Bubble. In the engraving a young couple walk in the countryside while above them a stork pierces an eagle and an owl and bird of prey devour a mouse.
[Ref: 48317] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Het hobbelend Actiescheepje van Madame Compagnie en Monsieur Bubbels
[Pieter van den Berge.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside. Sheet: 410 x 325mm (16 x 12¾'') large margins. Creasing as issued.
A Dutch satirical print satirising the stock market crash following the South Sea Bubble, the broadside claims that when the economy and trade are out of control then disaster will occur. The text below the image translates as ''The little trading ship knocked over on the billows, will bubble along, until it will sail into the abyss"
[Ref: 48318] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Harlekin en Bombario in den Rouw.
[Anon.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 420 x 330mm (16½ x 13'') very large margins. Creasing as issued.
A Dutch broadside satirising the financial crisis caused by the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. The central image is set upon a stage on which the characters of Harlequin and Bombario watch the figure of Mercury, representing trade, being directed by the Devil. Three panels of text in Dutch flank the image.
[Ref: 48323] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Schyn Bedriegt.
[Anon.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 420 x 330mm (16½ x 13'') very large margins. Creasing as issued and staining.
A Dutch print satirising the collapse of the South Sea Bubble and the financial crisis created by speculation. In the image figures try to catch bubbles floating above their heads while in the distance a ship can be seen sinking at sea. The Dutch text below is signed Philadelphus which is a pseudonym Gijsbert Tijseus.
[Ref: 48322] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

De Bubbel Jonge op de Jagt. De bubbel Jongen die zyn schat ten heeft verspild, Tragt nu naar voordeel, met het Jagen van groswild.
[Pieter van den Berge.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 415 x 330mm (16¼ x 13'') very large margins. Creasing as issued.
A Dutch broadside satirising the financial crisis following the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. In the central image a young man hunts a unicorn and lion, the text below the image translates as 'The boy who's wasted his fortunes now tries to profit by hunting big game'. The image is flanked by five panels of text.
[Ref: 48324] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Bronwater of geneesmiddel voor de zieke Actionisten. Al wie zyn maag te veel met d'Acties heeft belaan. Proest deez vergetelbeek; zo zal zyn kwaal vergaan.
[Pieter van den Berge?]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside 18th century watermark. Sheet: 415 x 320mm (16¼ x 12½'') very large margins. Creasing.
A Dutch broadside satirising the aftermath of the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. The print states that forgetfullness is the best cure for those suffering after the financial crisis. The image shows a putti standing in a magical fountain, the text below the image translates as 'Everyone who has loaded their stomach with transactions too much, taste this well of forgetfullmess so his ailment shall perish'.
[Ref: 48325] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[South Sea Bubble.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Plate: 375 x 280mm (14¾ x 11''). Central crease as normal, slight staining.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on the South Sea Bubble through a series of 17th century characters.
[Ref: 48553] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

De Wintgot, Uytgebuldert Hebben de Laat Niet dan Rampen Na.
[1720.]
Engraving. Plate: 170 x 285mm (6¾ x 11¼'') very large margins. Creasing and repaired tear on right.
A Dutch print satirising the South Sea Bubble or 'trading in the wind' as it was known in the Netherlands. In the centre a figure sits on a grindstone to the left a figure deficates bills, to the right a rabbit walks to the centre covered in paperwork and to the right of him one man blows hot air into the mouth of another. Above all the figures the God of the Winds sits in a cloud with Mercury, representing trade, at his feet.
[Ref: 48335] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Spiegel der Reden Voor de Wanhopende Actionisten.
[Anon.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside. Sheet: 410 x 320mm (16 x 12½'') large margins. Creasing as issued.
A Dutch satirical broadside commenting on the share trade mania of the South Sea Bubble. A central image shows a man in rags on the edge of committing suicide while the figure of Reason stands to the left of him.
BM Satire 1674.
[Ref: 48319] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

De Kornet van Vuil gewin of Wortel en Besse Postiljon...
[1720.]
Engraving. Plate: 345 x 275mm (13½ x 11'') very large margins. Creasing and foxing.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on the disaterous effects of the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. One figure is shown digging up carrots, one drunkard rides a pig which, like the cow in the foreground, vomits stock certificates. A large house in the background has a large flag which states 'De Kompany is vol' or 'The Company is closed'. This refers to the East India Company which had been hit hard by the market collapse.
[Ref: 48333] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Natural Stock Doctor, or bubbling Bubble Master.] Natuur Actie-Doctor of klap-achtig Bobbel Meester. [&] [Directress of the decayed Stock-Regiments, and particularly of natural Law's Shares.] Directrice der Vervalle Actie-Regimenten; en byzonderlyk van Natuurlyke Lawe Actien.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 210 x 330mm (8¼ x 13''). Creasing and large repaired tears. Very damaged.
A portrait of an old dwarf with a beard and spectacles holding a parrot and a portrait of an old woman holding a small dog. Plate 3 and 4 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire 1665 & 1666.
[Ref: 48328] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

De Verslagen Actionist in de Stoel met Rinkels, overreeden geweest van't gelauwerd Paard van Troje.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Etching, rare. Sheet size: 320 x 400mm (12½ x 15¾"). Trimmed to plate. Slight creasing.
A satire on the South Sea Bubble financial crisis in 1720. A scene in the clouds with groups of people and animals accompanied by numbers and texts. In the centre for example, is a windmill, lettered '1720', in front of which an investor wearing a fool's cap is seated in a child's wheeled chair blowing bubbles. On his head is a raven about to peck out his eyes and beside him stands his distraught wife and three ragged children quarrelling. The illustrations are numbered 1-12, with inscriptions in four columns below in Dutch. From the series entitled, 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', meaning 'The Great Scene of Folly', published 1720.
[Ref: 35746] £620.00

De Malle Actionisten naar Vianen of 't Peperland.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Etching with small margins, very rare. Platemark: 310 x 395mm (12¼ x 15½"). Two small tears in lower margin. Some creasing verso.
A satire on the South Sea Bubble financial crisis in 1720 showing a coach drawn by four horses. The coach is driven by a Harlequin and five men are sitting in the coach. On the back there sits Bombario (a hunchbacked usuror) blowing bubbles. 'Bombario' is from the Dutch saying 'Bombarie maken' or 'Bombarie slaan', meaning to make a commotion or a lot of noise, and is often depicted in Dutch satirical prints dealing with the financial crisis of 1720/21. On the top of the coach sits a monkey who is holding a banner with inscription 'Zie zo Zie zo Bombario in Apery en folio' (See here, see here Bombario in monkeybusiness and folio). In the background there are two cities with the inscriptions 'Vianen' and 'Kuilenburg'. Below the design is an engraved Dutch verse in three columns. From the series entitled, 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', meaning 'The Great Scene of Folly', published 1720.
[Ref: 35749] £620.00

Des kladpapieren waerelds vuur in as verkeerd.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving with very large margins, 18th century watermark. 315 x 390mm (12½ x 15¼"). Folded as issued.
'The world of waste paper is burned to ashes', a satire on the South Sea Bubble. The oval central image shows a group containing kings, churchmen, rich & poor surrounding a globe. The four corner images are: (TL) the death of Adonis; (TR) the death of Bacchus; (BL) King Midas sitting at a table with his food turning into gold; and (BR) a rich man sitting with his valuables on a table as a skeletal Death takes his hand. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
[Ref: 35864] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

De Verslagen Actionist in de Stoel met Rinkels, overreeden geweest van't gelauwerd Paard van Troje.
[Anon.]
[1720.]
Broadside. 18th century watermark. Plate: 330 x 390mm (13 x 15½'') very large margins Creasing as normal.
A Dutch print satirising the aftermath of the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. The scene shows figures dealing with the financial loss, one figure lies dead on the ground, one is shown pulling at his hair which is made of snakes, in the front a cat deficates and a headless chicken runs about.
BM Satire 1660.
[Ref: 48341] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Eere-Titel, of Gordyn voor het Schouburg aller Actie-Tafereelen...
[Anon.]
[1720.]
Broadside, 18th century watermark. Sheet: 510 x 440mm (20 x 17¼'') very large margins. Creasing as normal.
A Dutch print satirising the South Sea Bubble, in the central image shows an old man holding a mirror up to a young man who points at a globe. The image is decorated with an ornate border with Callot figures. Beneath the image are four columns of text in Dutch.
BM Satire 1638.
[Ref: 48340] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

De Kornet van Vuil gewin of Wortel en Besse Postiljon op zyn mager doch niewlijks gemest Varken uitschreeuwende De Kompany is Vol.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Etching with small margins. Platemark: 340 x 275mm (13¼ x 10¾"). Slight loss in corners outside platemark.
A satire on the South Sea Bubble financial crisis in Paris in 1720 showing 'Bombario' riding on a pig. 'Bombario' is from the Dutch saying 'Bombarie maken' or 'Bombarie slaan', meaning to make a commotion or a lot of noise, and is often depicted in Dutch satirical prints dealing with the financial crisis of 1720/21. 'Bombario' has thrown a rope around the horns of a cow, standing in a pool, and tries to pull the cow out.. In the left background a crowd is standing underneath the windows of a house. From the window a person is throwing paper into the crowd. The banner hanging from the window reads 'De Kompany is Vol'. Dutch verse in two columns is inscribed below. From the series entitled, 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', meaning 'The Great Scene of Folly', published 1720.
[Ref: 35743] £520.00

De Zuid Zé Compagnie Door Wind In Top Gerezen...
[Anon.]
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside 18th century watermark. Plate: 335 x 300mm (13¼ x 12''), with large margins. Creasing as normal.
A Dutch print satirising the South Sea Bubble and the South Sea Company. A reclining woman, representing the Company lies surrounded by ledgers and papers, around the central image are vignettes, one shows a man on a platform eating money, the others show figures engaging in trade.
BM Satire 1630.
[Ref: 48338] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Register van alle de Printen die op de Actiehandel zyn uyt gekomen in Jaar 1720.
[1720.]
Letterpress. Plate: 295 x 200mm (11½ x 8'') very large margins. Staining and repaired tears.
Satire on the financial crisis in Paris in 1720; showing an engraved register in two columns with the title above in a scroll hold by a monkey and a owl. The border is decorated with items concerning the 'Wind Trade', such as bellows, fish and cabbage, the register describes 65 prints. From 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid'.
BM Satire 1636.
[Ref: 48330] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

De stropende actie-valk, om hals, en 't bubbel-rotje onder de klaauwen van den uil.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving. 135 x 135mm (5¼ x 5¼"), set in letterpress Paper slit in letterpress.
'The strapping share-hawk pierced and the bubble rat between the claws of the owl', a satire on the South Sea Bubble. A man and a woman out hawking, but their hawk has been speared by the beak of the stork it is trying to kill. Underneath, a rat is being torn apart by an owl and a falcon. The extensive verse satirises the speculation that led to the stock market crash. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
[Ref: 35867] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Stirling Banker. M.r. Stirling.
Drawn Etched by Richard Dighton June 1824.
Pub.d. by T. M.c.Lean Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching with very large margins. J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1826 watermark. Plate: 140 x 270mm (5½ x 10½").
A full-length portrait in profile of banker Sir Walter Stirling (1802-1888).
BM 14681.
[Ref: 34317] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Stock Boys Shop Gives Pleasure and Sorrow in Stealing.] De Kermis-Kraam, van de Actie-Knaapen, Schaft vreugde, en droesheid, onder't Kaapen.
Verklaaring op de Print door Philadelphus. [1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 445 x 330mm (17½ x 13'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A scene showing a large crowd following a cart pulled by two toads. The cart is driven by the figure of Deceit and in the back ride Harlequin, who is shown vomiting, Bombario and the Devil who blows share certificates into the crowd with his bellows.
BM Satire 1650.
[Ref: 48466] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Tollgate of Vianen for the Shareholders Arriving from all Towns.] De Viaantsche Tol-Poort Voor D'Actoinisten komende uyt alle Steeden.
[1720,]
Engraving 18th century watermark. Plate: 340 x 315mm (13¼ x 12¼'') very large margins. Crease as normal. Repaired tear left.
A satirical scene set at the gates of Vianen, on one side of the gate are Dutch men and women going about their daily lives. On the left side are grotesque half man, half goat figures hand out share certificates, a harlequin follows a classical figure and a beggar with a wooden leg. In the far left a king pours coins into the hats of begging men.
[Ref: 48476] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Tower of Babel and the Confused Stock Jobbers.] De Verwarde Actionisten Torenbouw Tot Babel.
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 360 x 400mm (14 x 16'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch print satirising the stock share mania that followed the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. A group of merchants confusedly try to sell shares and do business at the base of the tower of Babel. Dutch text below the image in four columns.
BM Satire 1672.
[Ref: 48465] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Triton of the North Directing Men Making the Pampus Sandbank a Harbour.] De Meerman van't Noorder Gewest als Opper Directeur der zee-plaat verkruyers van het verkeerde Pampus beslaande de Acterhoede van het Papiere Actie- Schouburgs- regiment.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 340 x 280mm (13½ x 11'') very large margins. Creases as normal.
A satirical scene commenting on the financial crisis of 1720, Triton stands on a decorative barge directing his mermaids while in the distance men work to form a harbour from a sandbank.
[Ref: 48463] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[The Useless and Useful Merchant.] De Nuttige, en Nuttelooze Koopman.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Broadside. Sheet: 510 x 430mm (20 x 16½''). Slight central crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on the financial crisis of 1720. In an ornate formal garden the figures of Truth, Justice, Wisdom and Wealth gather by two thrones before which two merchants stand and kneel.
BM Satire 1706.
[Ref: 48552] £420.00

[The Wastepaper World is Burned in the Fire.] Des kladpapieren waerelds vuur in as verkeerd.
[Anon.]
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 310 x 390mm (12 x 15¼'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical print showing figures watching a large globe which shows the world burning. Four vignettes show the dangers of excess.
[Ref: 48484] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The World is a Stage, Everyone Acts his Part and Gets his Portion.] De waereld is een speel toneel, elk speeld zyn rol en krygt zyn deel.
[Anon.]
[1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 440 x 380mm (17¼ x 15'') very large margins. Crease as normal.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on the chaos following the collapse of the South Sea and Mississippi Bubbles. Several figures are shown upon a stage being directed by the devil. In vignettes around the edge men are shown trading in Europe and in the West and East Indies.
BM Satire 1659.
[Ref: 48483] £350.00

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