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Economic history - 1600-1750
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The Italian social fabric symbolised by a chain of social types, with all relations of dependence ultimately relating back to the devil. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, 1691.
Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, 1634-1718.Date: 1691Reference: 17932i
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A dwarf reading. Engraving, 1720.
Date: 1720Reference: 3999iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 17577iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.