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Items in Introduction: Picturing The World's First Bubble Economy

  • a chaotic street scene where the goddess fortuna walks in a gust of wind dolling out stock shares to a rambunctious crowd

    Introduction: Picturing The World's First Bubble Economy Introduction

  • the title page of The Great Mirror of Folly, it reads: Het Groote Tafareel der Dwaasheid

    The Great Mirror of Folly

  • a round hatbox-sized container has two tubes coming from it: one going up and one pointing out through the side. The lantern itself is brightly striped with red, blue, green, and yellow

    Polychrome Magic Lantern

  • a distorted short and round man in eighteenth century clothing walks along announcing the wonders of the magic lantern he carries on his back

    The Night Singer of Shares, with his Magic-Lantern

  • a sheet with 18 individual cards, each depicting a carnival scene including bear taming, tight rope walking, and a contortionist stretching themselves

    Magic Card or Remedy for the Wind-Breaking of the Southwest and the Departure of the Cartouche

  • a chaotic street scene where the goddess fortuna walks in a gust of wind dolling out stock shares to a rambunctious crowd

    A Monument Dedicated to Posterity in Commemoration of Ye Incredible Folly Transacted in the Year 1720

  • a chaotic street scene where the goddess fortuna walks in a gust of wind dolling out stock shares to a rambunctious crowd

    Picturing the World's First Bubble Economy