Lot 940
Christoph Weigel (1654-1725), "Novissima Tabula Regionis Ludovicianae Gallice dictae la Louisiane..", 1734, Nuremberg, copper-plated engraved map, hand-colored, on laid paper, neat line 12 3/8 in. x 17 1/4 in., sheet 14 in. x 17 1/4 in., framed Provenance: The Collection of Charles B. Blair, of Grand Rapids, J.C. Morgenthau & Co., Inc., New York, March 30, 1939. Note: The cartouche depicts two gentlemen negotiating over a chest of gold coins and refers to the infamous collapse of the Mississippi Bubble in 1720, caused by the failure of John Law's bankrupt Compagnie de la Louisiane d'Occident.
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