LAW [Debacle of]. HET GROOTE TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID, VERTOON - Lot 41

LAW [Debacle of]. 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.... No place (Amsterdam?), 1720.In folio of [4] -25- [1] -52-29 (mal chiffr. 31)-8-9-1 bl. pages, calf, double framing of gilt serrated roulettes decorating the boards, large fleurons at the corners and in the center, ornate ribbed spine (Dutch binding of the period). "Le grand tableau de la folie". This curious work consists of an astonishing series of paintings and piquant caricatures against Law and his financial system. The illustration consists of 73 plates, including 1 double plate, 1 frontispiece, 8 small plates grouped together and pasted onto 2 leaves, 1 portrait and 3 maps. Most are double, folding or folded, all mounted on tabs. The set of maps on 2 leaves is missing, as in most copies. Spine damaged and missing.