An image of John Law as Don Quixote, from the volume:
Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, Amsterdam, 1720,
the focus of a conference to be held at Yale University,
April 17-19, 2008: http://icf.som.yale.edu/GREAT_MIRROR/

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The Great Mirror of Folly
Published April 4, 2008 Beinecke Library , Modern General Collection 0 CommentsTags: bubble, finance, financial, folly, great, john, law, mirror, tafereel
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Published July 18, 2007 Cary Playing Card Collection , James Weldon Johnson Collection , Modern General Collection , Shirley Collection , Yale Collection of American Literature 0 CommentsRoom 26 Cabinet of Curiosities features new acquisitions, unique documents, and visual and textual curiosities from the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. This ongoing exhibition is curated by Tim Young, Associate Curator of the Modern Books and Manuscripts Collection, and Nancy Kuhl, Associate Curator of the Yale Collection of American Literature. Additional information about these and other materials in the Beinecke Library’s collections can be found at the Library’s website: http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/