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A mob stoning the coffee house in the rue Quinquenpoix in Paris where shares are traded during the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.

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

Hercules brings Alcestis back from the dead and restores her to her husband Admetus. Engraving by L. Desplaces after A. Coypel, 1715.

[Philippe II, duc d'Orléans correspondence].

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Orléans, Philippe, duc d', 1674-1723

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Hercules brings Alcestis back from the dead and restores her to her husband Admetus. Engraving by L. Desplaces after A. Coypel, 1715.

[Philippe II, duc d'Orléans correspondence].