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Caricatures against Law. Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie...

1720
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Caricatures against Law. Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie...
1720

 
Il primo Crollo internazionale del Mercato Finanziario. Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in vrankryk, engeland, en de nederlanden, gepleegt in den jaare MDCCXX. Zynde een verzameling van alle de conditien en projecten van de opgeregte compagnien van assurantie, navigatie, commercie, etc in Nederland, als meede Konst6Plaaten comedien en gedgten. 
Nessun luogo di stampa ma Amsterdam, 1720

Rara edizione magnificamente figurata. Pubblicato ad Amsterdam, l’Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid “Il Grande Quadro o Scena della Follia” è una curiosa opera che consiste in una sorprendente serie di dipinti e caricature piccanti contro Law e il suo sistema finanziario, attraverso una serie di grandi incisioni con testo di accompagnamento in cui è satireggiata l'isteria di massa, l'avidità, la credulità e l'inganno che caratterizzano le bolle del mercato azionario. 

Il volume include opuscoli, documenti legali, analisi economiche, mappe, opere teatrali satiriche, poesie, carte da gioco e oltre settanta stampe. The Tafereel presenta una moltitudine di testi e stampe olandesi pubblicati sul tema delle bolle economiche e della mania speculativa, principalmente a scopo satirico. Lo scopo dichiarato del libro, come indicato nel frontespizio, era quello di trasmettere un "monito per le generazioni future", sebbene naturalmente si trattasse più in generale di una battuta ironica sulle bolle speculative e sui programmi per arricchirsi rapidamente, che erano una caratteristica persistente e prominente della vita olandese dell'epoca.

Goldsmiths' 5879, Kress 3217; Sperling 205.; A. Cole, The Great Mirror of Folly... An Economic-Bibliographical Study (1949), n. 719; Goetzmann, Labio, Rouwenhorst, & Young (eds.), The Great Mirror of Folly. Finance, Culture, and the Crash of 1720, 2013; Robert J. Schiller, in Goetzmann et al, p. vii.

Robert J. Schiller: “This book works so well because the Tafereel is not just about the eighteenth century; it is also a mirror of other times, other public hysterias, and other speculative bubbles - even of our recent financial crises and the kinds of speculative folly that led to the financial crises of recent years”.

Harvard Library: “Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid references Tulipmania in the Dutch Republic, where the prices of tulip bulbs spiked and abruptly plummeted in 1637; the South Sea Bubble in England and Mississippi Bubble in France that burst in 1720; and other British, French, and Dutch enterprises that failed in 1720. Investing frenzy is characterized as a form of contagion moving from one country to the next: a consequence of the craze for international emulation as was evident in the English, for example, adopting the measures of John Law’s Mississippi Company that ultimately resulted in the South Sea Bubble. [65] Prints in the volume commonly depict the dreams, disordered states of mind, and moral failures of investors caught up in the speculative zeal—alluding to herd behavior, gambling, corruption, insanity, immorality, and demonic possession.”
Harvard Library: https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/south-sea-bubble/feature/het-groote-tafereel-der-dwaasheid-the-great-picture-or-scene-of-folly

In folio; 390x250 mm. Legatura coeva in piena pelle, doppia cornice di roulettes dentellate dorate che decorano i piatti, grandi fleurons agli angoli e al centro, dorso costolato e decorato. Pagine [4, Antiporta e Frontespizio in rosso e nero], 25, [1]; 52; 31 (i.e. 29), 1 bianca; 8; 9, 1 bianca. 
Il volume è composto da 76 tavole, la maggior parte su doppia pagina o ripiegate, e comprendono: Antiporta, 1 doppia, 8 piccole tavole raggruppate e incollate su 2 fogli, 1 ritratto di J. Law e 3 mappe, compresa la carta del Mississippi. Le tavole sono montate su guardie. 

Condition Report

The first international financial market crash. Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid, vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der actie, bubbel en windnegotie, in vrankryk, engeland, en de nederlanden, gepleegt in den jaare MDCCXX. Zynde een verzameling van alle de conditien en projecten van de opgeregte compagnien van assurantie, navigatie, commercie, etc in Nederland, als meede Konst6Plaaten comedien en gedgten. 
Nessun luogo di stampa ma Amsterdam, 1720

A rare, magnificently illustrated edition. Published in Amsterdam, *Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid* ‘The Great Picture or Scene of Folly’ is a curious work consisting of a striking series of paintings and biting caricatures directed against Law and his financial system, presented through a series of large engravings with accompanying text satirising the mass hysteria, greed, credulity and deception that characterise stock market bubbles. 

The volume includes pamphlets, legal documents, economic analyses, maps, satirical plays, poems, playing cards and over seventy prints. The Tafereel presents a multitude of Dutch texts and prints published on the theme of economic bubbles and speculative mania, primarily for satirical purposes. The stated aim of the book, as indicated on the title page, was to convey a ‘warning to future generations’, although naturally it was more generally an ironic jab at speculative bubbles and get-rich-quick schemes, which were a persistent and prominent feature of Dutch life at the time. 

Goldsmiths' 5879, Kress 3217; Sperling 205.; A. Cole, The Great Mirror of Folly... An Economic-Bibliographical Study (1949), n. 719; Goetzmann, Labio, Rouwenhorst, & Young (eds.), The Great Mirror of Folly. Finance, Culture, and the Crash of 1720, 2013; Robert J. Schiller, in Goetzmann et al, p. vii.

Robert J. Schiller: “This book works so well because the Tafereel is not just about the eighteenth century; it is also a mirror of other times, other public hysterias, and other speculative bubbles - even of our recent financial crises and the kinds of speculative folly that led to the financial crises of recent years”.

Harvard Library: “Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid references Tulipmania in the Dutch Republic, where the prices of tulip bulbs spiked and abruptly plummeted in 1637; the South Sea Bubble in England and Mississippi Bubble in France that burst in 1720; and other British, French, and Dutch enterprises that failed in 1720. Investing frenzy is characterized as a form of contagion moving from one country to the next: a consequence of the craze for international emulation as was evident in the English, for example, adopting the measures of John Law’s Mississippi Company that ultimately resulted in the South Sea Bubble. [65] Prints in the volume commonly depict the dreams, disordered states of mind, and moral failures of investors caught up in the speculative zeal—alluding to herd behavior, gambling, corruption, insanity, immorality, and demonic possession.”
Harvard Library: https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/south-sea-bubble/feature/het-groote-tafereel-der-dwaasheid-the-great-picture-or-scene-of-folly

Folio; 390x250 mm. Contemporary full leather binding, with a double gilt framed roulettes decorating the covers, large fleurons at the corners and in the centre, and a ribbed and decorated spine. Pages [4, frontispiece and titlepage in red and black], 25, [1]; 52; 31 (i.e. 29), 1 blank; 8; 9, 1 blank. 
The volume comprises 76 plates, most of them double-page or folded, and includes: a frontispiece, 1 double-page plate, 8 small plates grouped and glued onto 2 sheets, 1 portrait of J. Law and 3 maps, including a map of the Mississippi. The plates are mounted on endpapers. 

Bibliografia

Goldsmiths' 5879, Kress 3217; Sperling 205.; A. Cole, The Great Mirror of Folly... An Economic-Bibliographical Study (1949), n. 719; Goetzmann, Labio, Rouwenhorst, & Young (eds.), The Great Mirror of Folly. Finance, Culture, and the Crash of 1720, 2013; Robert J. Schiller, in Goetzmann et al, p. vii.

Robert J. Schiller: “This book works so well because the Tafereel is not just about the eighteenth century; it is also a mirror of other times, other public hysterias, and other speculative bubbles - even of our recent financial crises and the kinds of speculative folly that led to the financial crises of recent years”.

Harvard Library: “Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid references Tulipmania in the Dutch Republic, where the prices of tulip bulbs spiked and abruptly plummeted in 1637; the South Sea Bubble in England and Mississippi Bubble in France that burst in 1720; and other British, French, and Dutch enterprises that failed in 1720. Investing frenzy is characterized as a form of contagion moving from one country to the next: a consequence of the craze for international emulation as was evident in the English, for example, adopting the measures of John Law’s Mississippi Company that ultimately resulted in the South Sea Bubble. [65] Prints in the volume commonly depict the dreams, disordered states of mind, and moral failures of investors caught up in the speculative zeal—alluding to herd behavior, gambling, corruption, insanity, immorality, and demonic possession.”
Harvard Library: https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/south-sea-bubble/feature/het-groote-tafereel-der-dwaasheid-the-great-picture-or-scene-of-folly

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