The Ricky Jay Collection Part II
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[PLAYING CARDS – CIRCUS] TOVERKAART OF GENEES MIDDLE DER WIND-BREUKEN VANT ZUID WEST EN DE UITVAART VAN CARTOUCHE. Dutch, ca. 1720. Etched sheet of 18 figures, lettered A-S (except J), intended to be cut out as playing cards, each with a full-length illustration of a circus or street performer, including equilibrists, acrobats, animal trainers, and mountebanks. 11¾ × 14 5/8" (plate); sheet 15 3/8 × 18½" (some mended tears at edges, outside printed area). The cards were a satire on the South Sea and Mississippi Bubbles, financial crises of 1720 (BM Satires 1690).

 [PLAYING CARDS – CIRCUS] Toverkaart of Genees middle der Wi...
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Final prices include buyers premium: $480.00
Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
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