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(Financial Crisis) De Kermis-Kraam, van de Actie-Knaapen, Schaft Vreugde en Droefheid onder t Kaapen

This 1720 engraving, part of the "Mirror of Folly" series, is a satire on the financial crisis in Paris that year. At the center of the scene, a triumphal chariot is being pulled by two toads, symbolizing the greed and corruption underlying the crisis. The chariot is driven by a female figure representing Deceit, highlighting the fraudulent nature of the economic bubble.

Price: $ 395.00

The Yacht "Mohawk" of New York. New York Yacht Club

Fine image of the Yacht Mohawk, built in Williamsburgh by Joseph Van Dusen in 1875.

Price: $ 2,200.00

Paul et Virginie avec le Gouverneur.

Delightful early 19th-century color-printed and hand-colored copperplate engraving showing a scene from the ever-popular book Paul et Virginie by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, published on the eve of the French Revolution. This book continues to be widely read and appreciated for its critique of the artificial class divisions found in eighteenth-century France.

Price: $ 375.00

[ Early Infographic Chart ] Geography Epitomiz'd. Of The Stars And Planets. Of The Sun And Moon. Of the Air and Meteors. The Terms of Geography Explain'd.

Early Infographic Broadside

Price: $ 2,400.00

Franklin Before the Lords in Council 1774. This Engraving from the Original Painting is respectfully dedicated to the People of the United States by the Publisher

Rare engraved image of Benjamin Franklin appearing before the Privy Council in London, in 1774.

Price: $ 1,400.00

[California Wine Advertising Graphic] Italian Swiss Colony Producers of Choicest California Wines Asti Colony Tipo

Rare chromolithographic promotional graphic, published to promote Italian Swiss Colony's Asti Tipo Red Wine.

Price: $ 1,400.00