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1600-1750

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  • A dwarf reading. Engraving, 1720.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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Economic history