John Law: his rise to eminence and riches in France, and subsequent decline, resulting in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720. Etching, 1720.

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John Law: his rise to eminence and riches in France, and subsequent decline, resulting in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720. Etching, 1720.