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1720ABC_49340Amsterdam 1720. Folio. Contemporary gold-tooled half blueish green roan with a red morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine blue paste paper sides. With the title page printed in red and black 78 mostly double-page or folding engraved plates with caricatures on the 1720 Bubble and a double-page hand-coloured plate of the foundations of a house near Leiden loosely inserted in the back. 1 1 blank 25 1 52 "31" = 29 1 blank 8 9 1 blank pp. and engraved ll. A famous collection of texts and plates satirising the Englishman John Law his Mississippi Company and the international land and trading speculation in worthless shares of the South Sea Bubble of 1719-1720 which resulted in an international scandal. The speculation began in Paris London and Hamburg spreading to the Netherlands in the summer of 1720. While plays satirizing the speculation already opened in September 1720 the bubble really burst in October. Pieter Langendijk and Gysbert Tysens have been identified as authors of some of the plays. The book also provides the texts of official documents relating to the Dutch trading companies involved.In The great mirror of Folly Cole presents lists of plates which can be found in various copies the total of which however is never found in a single copy. The present copy contains no. 22 with a German title and no. 65 the famous playing cards in the later "Pasquin" version. Rare prints that are seldom present are no. 73 the magic cards and supplement nos. 2 3 4 and 6. The interest and importance of the collection is hardly to be exaggerated. It presents a unique source on one of the most interesting periods in economic history commenting on the feverish activity of speculation accompanying the introduction of the stock market not only in the Netherlands itself but also in France and England including the activities of John Law the Mississippi Bubble in France and the South Sea Bubble in England. The prints also include a map of the American State of Louisiana near the Mississippi River.With the bookplate of B. Eveleigh Winthrop mounted on the front pastedown. The binding is worn. The text is partly browned the plate with the playing cards has a large horizontal tear and the upper left corner has been torn off but is still present. Otherwise a good copy.l Cole The great mirror of folly nrs. 1-4 6-8 10-71 73; Muller Historieplaten 3535 ff.; Van Rijn Atlas van Stolk 3452 ff.; STCN 254984576; cf. slightly differing collation or fingerprint STCN 254984185 293084076 228136539. unknown
1720ABC_50108Amsterdam 1720. Near- Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf with the title and year lettered in gold on the spine sewn on 7 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine. Bound by the Bird's Head Bindery in Amsterdam ca. 1728-1765 see Storm van Leeuwen. Folio. With the title page printed in red and black and 79 engraved plates including 1 repeat of plate 54 3589 Muller most double-page and several larger folding sheets including several maps and the plate with the complete set of 52 playing cards Pasquin variant. The copy contains the register listing 74 items and 4 plates not in Mullers principal list Muller 3611-3613 and 3615 but unfortunately lacks plate 18 3553 Muller. Third edition of one of the most remarkable works in the history of finance. Few books equal the visual power satirical brilliance or bibliographical complexity of Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid. First published in Amsterdam in 1720 in the very year of the financial collapses it depicts this extraordinary work stands as the most ambitious and visually arresting contemporary response to the speculative mania that engulfed France England and the Dutch Republic.The work chronicles the rise frenzy and catastrophic collapse of the Mississippi Scheme in France under John Law 1671-1729 and the South Sea Bubble in England speculative ventures designed in part to consolidate and manage national debt in Englands case tied to the funding of the navy but which spiralled into one of the first great international stock market crashes. Laws Compagnie dOccident with its monopoly over Louisiana and trade along the Mississippi ignited feverish dealing in Paris Rue Quincampoix London answered with its own speculative excesses and the contagion swiftly spread to Amsterdam.The Dutch seasoned participants in organised finance responded not merely with alarm but with satire of unparalleled inventiveness. The Tafereel der dwaasheid gathers together emblematic engravings caricatures poems plays pamphlets and moralising texts all exposing the greed credulity and collective madness of the wind trade transactions in nothing more substantial than air.The engravings are by turns humorous grotesque theatrical and occasionally deliberately obscene. They chart the entire arc of speculation: the seduction of investors the carnival atmosphere of trading houses and coffee rooms the frenzied crowds and finally ruin and flight. Law himself appears in portrait placed squarely at the centre of events.The publication history of the Tafereel der dwaasheid is famously intricate. Four editions of the letterpress are known the present work corresponds to the third edition as classified by Muller. Within each edition the number and arrangement of plates varies considerably from copy to copy. Muller recorded 74 plates in the most extensive contemporary published list yet barely any copy of any edition contains them all some serving as alternatives and several plates frequently encountered are absent from that list. The present work includes 73 plates from Muller's list of 74 omitting no. 18 contains a duplicate of no. 54 and includes the engraved register listing 74 items together with 4 plates not in Mullers principal list Muller 3611-3613 and 3615 including different portraits and the map of Louisiana on the Mississippi. Together they form one of the most striking and bizarre monuments in all economic literature a merciless visual anatomy of financial hysteria.The present work appears here in a striking contemporary gold-tooled binding. This binding is the work of the so-called Bird's Head Bindery active ca. 1728-1765 according to Jan Storm van Leeuwen. The decorations are made up from several impressions of 5 different stamps and 5 different rolls. Two stamps on the present binding seem to be unrecorded by Storm van Leeuwen for this bindery namely the lozenge-shaped stamp on the spine and the small cornerpieces on the spine surrounding the lozenge-shaped stamp. These seem to be variants of the bindery's recorded stamps but several stamps also do bear similarities to other major Amsterdam binderies of the early 18th century like the so-called "Double Drawer Handle Bindery".With plate "Lauw-maands herdenking . Nieuwjaarsgeschenk" no. 54 - 3589 Muller included twice as plates 54-55 and lacking plate "Monument consacré - Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse." no. 18 - 3553 Muller. The hinges are weakened the head of the spine is slightly damaged the corners and edges of the boards show slight signs of wear with a 3.5 x 1 cm repair to the leather on the back board not affecting the gold-tooling. The first flyleaf is partially loose a large tear in plates 7 and 12 resp. nos. 6 and 11 Muller repaired on the verso some plates with small tears along the folding lines slightly affecting the illustration of plate 51 same no. Muller and the map of Enkhuisen is torn along the paper stub it is mounted on not affecting the plate. Some occasional browning foxing and staining. Otherwise in very good condition.l Cole The Great Mirror of Folly nrs. 1-4 6-8 10-71 73; De Bruyn Het Groote Tafereel in: Eighteenth-Century Life XXIV 2000 pp. 62-87; Goetzmann The Great Mirror of Folly 2013 esp. pp. 35-51 bibliogr. analysis by K. Forrer; Kress 3217; Landwehr 230; Lipperheide Xf 5; Muller Historieplaten esp. nos. 3536-3609; pp. 103-131; Sabin 28932; STCN various issues and made-up copies: the present work resembles 228136539; Van Leeuwen Dutch Decorated Bookbinding I 2006 pp. 228-284. hardcover
1720ABC_50107Amsterdam 1720. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf with the title and year lettered in gold on the spine sewn on 7 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine bound by the Double Drawer Handle Bindery in Amsterdam Storm van Leeuwen. Folio. With the title page printed in red and black and 79 engraved plates most double-page and several larger folding sheets including several maps and the plate with the complete set of 52 playing cards. The copy contains the register listing 74 items and 4 plates not in Mullers principal list Muller 3611note 3612 3613 and 3615. Second edition according to Muller of one of the most remarkable works in the history of finance. Few books equal the visual power satirical brilliance or bibliographical complexity of Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid. First published in Amsterdam in 1720 in the very year of the financial collapses it depicts this extraordinary work stands as the most ambitious and visually arresting contemporary response to the speculative mania that engulfed France England and the Dutch Republic.The work chronicles the rise frenzy and catastrophic collapse of the Mississippi Scheme in France under John Law 1671-1729 and the South Sea Bubble in England speculative ventures designed in part to consolidate and manage national debt in Englands case tied to the funding of the navy but which spiralled into one of the first great international stock market crashes. Laws Compagnie dOccident with its monopoly over Louisiana and trade along the Mississippi ignited feverish dealing in Paris Rue Quincampoix London answered with its own speculative excesses and the contagion swiftly spread to Amsterdam.The Dutch seasoned participants in organised finance responded not merely with alarm but with satire of unparalleled inventiveness. The Tafereel der dwaasheid gathers together emblematic engravings caricatures poems plays pamphlets and moralising texts all exposing the greed credulity and collective madness of the wind trade transactions in nothing more substantial than air.The engravings are by turns humorous grotesque theatrical and occasionally deliberately obscene. They chart the entire arc of speculation: the seduction of investors the carnival atmosphere of trading houses and coffee rooms the frenzied crowds and finally ruin and flight. Law himself appears in portrait placed squarely at the centre of events.The publication history of the Tafereel der dwaasheid is famously intricate. Four editions of the letterpress are known the present work corresponds to the second edition as classified by Muller. Within each edition the number and arrangement of plates varies considerably from copy to copy. Muller recorded 74 plates in the most extensive contemporary published list and several plates frequently encountered are listed seperately. The present work is complete according to the engraved register listing 74 items also present at the start of the work although several plates appear here in their variant often later states. It also includes 4 plates showing portraits and a map of Louisiana not in Mullers principal list Muller 3611-3613 and 3615 including different portraits and the map of Louisiana on the Mississippi.Together they form one of the most striking and bizarre monuments in all economic literature a merciless visual anatomy of financial hysteria.The present work appears here in a striking contemporary gold-tooled binding. This binding is the work of the so-called Double Drawer Handle Bindery according to Jan Storm van Leeuwen. The decorations are made up from numerous impressions of 12 different stamps and 4 different rolls. The bindery was active in Amsterdam between circa 1697 and 1742 and is regarded as the most important Amsterdam workshop of the eighteenth century.The binding is very slightly rubbed the hinges and edges and corners of the boards show signs of wear. Occasional browning and staining some plates show small tears mainly along the folding lines and often repaired/reinforced with paper on the verso without any loss. Plates 33 no. 32 in Muller 77 and 78 nos. 73 and 74 in Muller loose in binding. Otherwise in very good condition.l Cole The Great Mirror of Folly nrs. 1-4 6-8 10-71 73; De Bruyn Het Groote Tafereel in: Eighteenth-Century Life XXIV 2000 pp. 62-87; Goetzmann The Great Mirror of Folly 2013 esp. pp. 35-51 bibliogr. analysis by K. Forrer; Kress 3217; Landwehr 230; Lipperheide Xf 5; Muller Historieplaten esp. nos. 3536-3609; pp. 103-131; Sabin 28932; STCN various issues and made-up copies: the present work resembles 254984185; cf. for the binding: Storm van Leeuwen Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century pp. 228-284. hardcover
17913192665Würzburg, Stahels Wittwe, 1791. 12 Bll., 628 S. Halbleder der Zeit (Stempel auf Titelrückseite).
1795250392Leipzig, Duder, 1795. 1 Bl., 62 S. Br. d. Zt. Gebräunt u. braunfl. Tit. angestaubt.
17653900Edinburgh: Printed in the Year 1765. 8vo pp. 16. Later plain paper wrappers blue cloth spine. A little light spotting title page and wrapper lightly soiled wrappers chipped to top edge. A reasonably scarce pamphlet with ESTC listing 8 copies evenly split between Britain and North America. It proposes an amendment to the inheritance law of Scotland with particular reference to the Entail Act 1685 a much-amended act which ‘related to a subject which affected very materially the welfare not only of landowners but of tenants and the public generally in Scotland’ according to Lord Advocate Edward Gordon seeking a further amendment in 1875. The Entail Act was finally repealed in 2004. Printed in the Year hardcover
1734196698Leipzig, Breitkopf, 1734. 28 S. RBr. Gebräunt, leicht angeschmutzt bzw. fleckig. Tit. m. Sign. u. St.
17190114601719. Near Fine. 1 handwritten vellum indenture 20.5 x 26 inches folded to 9 x 6 inches. Ornate armorial initial letter with motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" in the garter. On Oct. 16 1719 Susanna Springett the elder of Hawkhurst Kent County England widow and Susanna Springett the younger of Hawkurst spinster and only daughter and heiress of Richard Springett late of Hawkhurst yeoman deceased sell to William Richards in London ironmonger several tracts of land including 20 acres in Hawkhurst with a house barn oasthouse gardens and orchards and 3 acres of brook land. Signed by Susanna Springett the elder Susanna Springett the younger and William Richards with their seals. Blue 6 penny stamp in margin. One engraved revenue stamp on exterior with "23" in the upper right-hand corner. In Near Fine Condition: several folds; exterior sections when folded are lightly soiled; otherwise clean and crisp. unknown
17080068191708. Very Good. One handwritten deed in beautiful calligraphy dated 17 March 1708. 38 x 31 cm. folded. John Bydes the Elder of Little Munden Hertford Co. yeoman and his son John Bydes the Younger of Elsworth Huntington Co. polterer mortgage to Robert Hadsley of Great Munden Hertford Co. a property known as Thurley Close or Tinsley Close in Herford Co. Signed by John Bydes the Elder and John Bydes the Younger and signed by the witnesses Elizabeth Hadsley and Francis Wilson. Statement on back signed by Robert Hadsley and witnessed by Abraham Clarke who make his mark and Francis Wilson who signed. In Very Good Condition: lacking lower right corner without loss of writing; lightly soiled at corners; just starting to separate at along one fold; exterior when folded lightly soiled. unknown
17130083431713. Very Good . One handwritten parchment indenture 80 x 84 cm. dated 3 April 1713. In recognition of the upcoming marriage of John Ayling of Bentley Southhampton and Mary Wyburd Wiburd John Ayling the elder will pay 1000 pounds to John Ayling the younger and 200 pounds will be paid by John Wyburd to John Ayling the younger within 2 months after the birth of the first child and another 100 pounds within 2 months after the birth of the second child in addition to granting rights to the manor called Puray or Perryland in Bentley parish Hampshire. Armorially embellished initial letter; 9 red seals with signatures; blue stamp in margin. Although the bride's family name is spelled "Wyburd" throughout the document both the bride and her father sign their names "Wiburd." References family members Thomas Ayling of Bentley Southampton yeoman and his wife Sarah; John Wyburd tallowchandler of London; John Ayling of Empshott in Southhampton yeoman; John Wyburd the younger of St. Leonard Shoreditch in Middlesex mealeman; and William Yalden the elder of Haslemere in Surrey gentleman and William Yalden the younger of Haslemere gentleman. In Very Good Condition: exterior is lightly soiled; just starting to separate at junctures of folds; clean and crisp. unknown
17910087771791. Near Fine. One handwritten parchment document 23 x 31 cm. On 21 June 1791 Francis Sanders of Kidlington Oxford County yeoman and John Sanders of Yarnton Oxford County yeoman gave a bond of 20 pounds each for Francis Sanders' appearance at the next general quarter sessions of the peace at Tewkesbury Glocester Co. to answer the complaint of Elizabeth Henderson single woman and the overseers of the poor of Tewkesbury for "unlawfully begetting the said Elizabeth Henderson with child" which is likely to become chargeable to Tewkesbury. Signed by the mayor of New Woodstock Gam. H. Bobart Gamaliel Hodgkinson Bobart 1719-1792. In Near Fine Condition: light soiling along edges; otherwise clean and crisp.<br/> 1. unknown
17170083091717. Near Fine. Handwritten parchment deed 51 x 50 cm. folded. On 30 April 1717 William Pearse of London and James Pearse of the parish of St. Clements Dane sold to Richard Hill of Hawkestone Salop Shropshire the right to make appointments to the parsonages of Ditchingham Forncett Starston and Alborough in Norfolk County. Signed by William and James Pearse with their seals. With an armorial embellishment of the first letter. Three blue stamps in the margin and one royal stamp on the outside. Richard Hill 1655-1727 known as "The Great Hill" served as a diplomat during the War of the Spanish Succession; as envoy to Maximilian II Emanuel Elector of Bavaria in Brussels and to the duke of Savoy in Turin; and as ambassador to The Hague. After returning to England he served as Lord of the Treasury 1699-1702; as a Commissioner of the Admiralty 1702-08; and as Counsellor to Prince George of Denmark the Prince Consort of Queen Anne. In Near Fine Condition: minor loss of vellum at end of fold at one edge without loss of writing; otherwise clean and crisp. unknown
17963437513Cassel, Waisenhaus, 1796. (22) 560 S. Hldr der Zeit (Titel und erste Seiten durch Mäusefraß oben geschädigt, kleiner Textverlust).
1784615416Altona, Eckhardt, 1784-93. 2 Bl., XXX S., 1 Bl., 364 S.; XIV S., 1 Bl., 280 S.; XXII, 264 S. Leder d. Zeit mit Rückenschild u. Rückenvergoldung (beschabt u. bestoßen). [2 Warenabbildungen]
1786309225Karlsruhe, Schmieder, 1786-94. Pappbände (fleckig u. bestoßen).
1786632824Frankfurt, Mezler, 1786-88. XVIII S., S. 413-1166; 4 Bl., S. 1167-1781. Pappbände d. Zeit (fleckig, berieben u. bestoßen, Rückenbezüge eingerissen u. mit Fehlstellen). [2 Warenabbildungen]
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1792133997Hamburg, Meyn, 1782-1792. Verschied. Hldrbde. d. Zt. Einbde. angeschmutzt, berieben u. bestoßen. Rücken meist etwas beschäd. (teils m. Fehlst.). Gebräunt u. braun- bzw. stockfl.
1773414568Gießen, Krieger, 1773. 116; 24; 168 S. Pp. d. Zt. Einbd. beschabt. Teils unbeschnitten.
1761000500Halifax: P. Darby for John Bentley 1761. Hardcover. See Description. Small 8vo. pp. 4 95 1. With frontispiece illustration of the Halifax gibbet. Bound in full period sheep with gilt spine; rubbing and wear to extremities; head cap and front hinge are neatly restored. Several worn spots on the spine are touched up and a few gilt lines are repaired. Interior contains light age-toning and some spots of foxing. Name plate present on inside front cover with name rubbed off. This book was first published in 1708. According to Upcott the author was a physician named Dr. Samuel Midgley "who wrote it while in Halifax jail for debt where he died in 1695. His poverty prevented his printing it; and John Bentley under whose name the volume is generally known who was Clerk of Halifax Church claimed the hounor of it after his death." Chapter I contains a description of town customs and traditions; chapter II discusses the laws of Halifax and defends the Gibbet Law which states that any felon caught with stolen commodities valued at thirteen pence half-penny shall following his condemnation be led to the town gibbet and have his head cut off; chapter III offers a narrative of trying felons in Halifax. The second part of the book contains a separate title page "Revenge upon revenge: or an historical narrative of the tragical practices of Sir John Eland of Eland High Sheriff of the County of York " Halifax 1761 which recounts some of the misdeeds surrounding the "Elland Feud" particularly the murder of Sir Robert Beaumont by Sir John Eland and the subsequent killing of Eland by Beaumonts son.ESTC T33073; Upcott p.1392; Halkett & Laing III p.2. <br/> <br/> P. Darby for John Bentley hardcover
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