Medals Concerning John Law and the Mississippi System [Hardcover]

An up-to-date survey of the early-eighteenth-century medals referring to John Law and his Mississippi system, many of them satirical pieces by the German medallist Christian Wermuth.An up-to-date survey of the early-eighteenth-century medals referring to John Law and his Mississippi system, many of them satirical pieces by the German medallist Christian Wermuth.John Law, Larger than Life The Literature Census and Rarity Descriptions of the Medals Associated Pieces Appendix I Concordance Appendix II Index of Legends and Inscriptions