Brief waarin het bedrog van de nieuw opgerichte compagnieën wordt aangetoond, 1720 1720

This is a title page from a 1720 publication by Dutch printer Isaac Stokmans. The title, "Brief waarin het bedrog van de nieuw opgerichte compagnieën wordt aangetoond," (Letter showing the deception of the newly established companies), suggests that the book is a critique of the South Sea Bubble and the Mississippi Bubble, two historical economic crises caused by speculative bubbles in joint-stock companies. This example of Dutch typography was likely printed for a wide audience, as it is from a popular book written in the vernacular and sold in Amsterdam.