Author: [John LAW]
Title: Waare afbeelding van den vermaarden Heer Quinquenpoix - Of stront of koning - Brouwketel
Description: , [1720]. Copperengraving 15.5 x 10.4 cm. / Total size 19 x 30 cm. - This plate printed within a larger plate from The Great Mirror of Folly - or - Het Groote Tafereel Der Dwaasheid. ''A broadside satirising John Law and his investments schemes; with an etching with some engraving showing in the centre an oval portrait of Law facing to the right, holding a purse; underneath his image a cauldron with money and shares thrown in by various people, allegorical and mythological figures; with engraved Dutch title and inscriptions, and, printed from a separate plate, with engraved Dutch title, verses in two columns.'' [British Museum]. - Fold in the middle, else a good copy.

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