(MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE) Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid

Sale 2297 - Lot 363

Price Realized: $ 2,400

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000

(MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE.) Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid. 77 engraved plates. Folio, old 1/2 calf, retipped with cloth; text leaves considerably dampstained and some mildewed, plates variously dampstained, especially early on, several plates torn but repairable. [Amsterdam], 1720 [but several years later]

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Some plates quite dampstained, others less so, and some not at all. Some of the more important plates are undamaged: the Belkmeer-Keulen map of Stad Enkhuysen, the double-page playing card plate "Pasquins Windkaart", Floraes Gecks-Kap, Bespiegeling voor de Geld zugtige Wereld, and Koning en Koningin van de Missisippi (very slight dampstaining in outer corner).