2013 The Great Mirror of Folly Finance, Culture, and The Crash of 1720

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition, second printing. 

Illustrated throughout with monochrome and full colour vignettes. 

In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. 

This work was edited by a host of specialists in the field of economics and includes a foreword by American economist and author Robert J. Shiller. This work provides a comprehensive study of Europe's first stock market crash in 1720 with the main focus being on the anonymous Dutch work titled 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid (The Great Mirror of Folly). The work in focus, published in 1720, was a unique and informative record of the financial crisis and it's culture effects.