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Broadside in Dutch, ca.1720, Satirizing John LawÍs Mississippi Company Land Scheme.

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Broadside in Dutch, ca.1720, Satirizing John LawÍs Mississippi Company Land Scheme.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands. MISSISSIPPI OF ïT WYDEFAAMDE GOUDLAND DOOR DE INBEELDING, Amsterdam, 1720. 10î x 15î. Dutch text. Underneath the title, a well-executed woodcut depicts an artistÍs conception of the Mississippi River Valley. There is a vertical fold, and a short repaired edge split, otherwise generally Very Fine. From a Dutch collection of broadsides entitled HET GROOTE TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID (The Great Mirror of Folly). Like the South Seas Company, John LawÍs Mississippi Company was a speculative land scheme that promised an investment in a virtual paradise, but delivered little or nothing for most investors. (John E. Herzog Collection)