Grosser Saal der Lloyds zu London

Wood engraving by Otto Spamer, 1874.
Backside is printed. Overall age toning.

10.6 x 17.4 cm ( 4.1 x 6.8")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8038

"Muenztechnik"(minting coins)

Wood engraving showing machines used for minting coins. Published 1894.

21 x 13 cm ( 8.2 x 5.1 ")

$ 25.00

Order Nr. FINANCE247149

The Misers

Steel engraving by C.W. Sharpe after a painting by Teniers. Ca 1850.
A few light scattered spots in margins.

16 x 23 cm ( 6.3 x 9 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8033

Het Goudweegstertje (Weighing Gold)

Fine mezzotint in sepia by F.C. Bierweiler after a painting by Teniers with some hand colored finishing, ca 1870.
Print was cut and mounted on heavier paper. Two repaired tears on edges of mounting.
A few small, scattered spots in title area.

28.7 x 23.3 cm ( 11.2 x 9.1 ")

$ 280.00

Order nr. FINANCE8034

"Muenzen" (Coins)

Wood engraving showing coins from the time of Alexander the Great, Roman times,
German, French and Bohemian coins of the late Middle Ages.
On the reverse side is ext and two small images of American silver.
Published 1886.

Page size: 23 x 14.5 cm ( 9 x 5.7")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. FINANCE255396

"Un banquier chinois a Java"

Anonymous wood engraving

Published in a French travel book

Paris, ca. 1880

Condition: Very good. Text print on reverse side

15 x 11,2 cm (ca. 5.9 x 4.4")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. FINANCE240249

"L'Argent. L'Action et le Capitaliste" (Play on words: action = stock share)

Lithograph

Artist: Benjamin Roubaud (1811-1847)

Original hand coloring, heightened with eggwhite

Published in "La Caricature". At Aubert. Paris, ca. 1835

Text rends: Viens, mon petit homme! je suis bien gentille et bien aimableÉ.

Je te donnerai cinq pour cent, je te donnerai vingt pour cent, je te donnerai cent pour cent! et tu ne me donneras que Mille francs, tu ne me donneras que finq cents francs tu ne me donneras que vingt cinq francs, tu me donneras ce que tu voudrasÉ viens mon petit homme!

Synopsis: A rudy poot girl tries to lure a rich man by praising herself as gentle and lovable and is willing to drop the price for her services to all but nothing.

Condition. Wide margins. Excellent original hand coloring. Only very minor traces of age and use.

19,3 x 15,8 cm (ca. 7.6 x 6.2")

$ 165.00

Order Nr. FINANCE240248

The Bank at Dehli"

Wood engraving made after a photograph dated 1857.
The print is on a page of text about India that continues on the reverse side.

Fine condition.

15 x 23.5 cm ( 5.9 x 9.2 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. FINANCE252584

"Chut!......un actionnaire qui vient toucher son dividende!"

A stockholder going to get his dividends!

Wood engraving by F. Pierdon after Gavarni. Published 1857.

Reverse side is printed.

19.5 x 16 cm ( 7.6 x 6.2 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. FINACE252582

"The Great Self-Taxed."

Working-man. "Hi! - Gov'nor! - Look Here! We're th' People S'makes th' Shururplsh - Now whar a' you an' our William Goin' t'do for th' People I Sh'like T'know !"

Wood engraving dated 1873. Minor signs of age.

24 x 17.7 cm ( 9.4 x 6.9 ")

$ 30.00

Order Nr. FINANCE240803

"Croquis de Bourse. Par Daumier" Nr. 5

Upper image: "Un jour de débâcle"

Bottom image: "Devenu un gros personnage"

Translation:

A disastrous day

Having become a grand personality

Lithograph by Honore Daumier (1809-1879)

Series "Croqis de la Bourse. Par Daumier. Nr. 5 (of 6)

Published in "Le Charivari". Paris, December 11 1852

LD Nr. 2345

General age toning. Darker toning along matting lines. Reverse side has unrelated text print.

Image with title: 30 x 21 cm (ca. 11.8 x 8.3")
Page size: 36.5 x 24.5 cm ( 14.3 x 9,6")

$ 220.00

Order Nr. DAUMIER250458

"Croquis de Bourse. Par Daumier".  Nr. 3

Upper image: "Comme quoi tout le monde ne peut pas etre content"

Lower Image: "Agreable aspect de la petite bourse nocturne devant le passage de l'Opera - tous ces monsieurs sont des capitalistes, on est prie de ne pas s'y tromper"

Translation

Upper image: "Not everyone can be happy"

Bottom image: A pleasant view of the little stock market at night in front of the passage way to the opera house. Don't kid yourself - all of these gentlemen are also capitalists.

Lithograph by Honore Daumier (1809-1879)

Series "Croqis de Bourse par Daumier" Nr. 3 (of 6)

Published in "Le Charivari". Paris, November, 22 1852

LD Nr. 2343

General age toning. Darker toning along matting lines. Reverse side has unrelated text print.

Image with title: 30 x 20,5 cm (ca. 11.8 x 8")
Page size: 36.5 x 24.5 cm ( 14.3 x 9,6")

$ 220.00

Order Nr. DAUMIER250459

"Children counting Money. Kinder Geld Zählen"

Steel engraving by A.H. Payne after a painting by Murillo, ca 1850.
Very attractive hand coloring.

Image: 15.7 x 11.8 cm ( 6.1 x 4.6 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. CHILDREN 240416

"Danae"

Stipple engraving by G. Doebler after Tizian ca 1850. This is one of the famous "Danae" themes of corruption through money.

Image: 10 x 13 cm ( 3.9 x 5.1 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. MYTHOLOGY239435

ãThe South-Sea Bubble".
Stock exchange swindle. Aktienenbetrug.

Steel engraving by James Carter (1798-1855)

After the painting by Edward Matthew Ward (1816-1879)

Literally thousands of people fell into the trap of stock exchange cheaters who sold worthless shares of non-existing mining outfits in the South Seas and naturally lost their money. This street scene shows that everyone eagerly wanted to jump on the bandwagon of distress.

Clean. Some minor traces of use in outer margins.

17.3 x 25.6 cm (6.8 x 10.").

$ 120.00

Order Nr. FINANCE243502

"The Miser" ( Geizhals, Pfennigfuchser, Geizkragen )

Wood engraving made after a painting by E. von Blaas.
Published 1895. On the reverse side is text about the miser.

13 x 16 cm ( 5.1 x 6.2 ")

Order Nr. FINANCE252573 SOLD

Chut!....un actionnaire qui vient toucher son dividende! -Par Garvarni.

Wood engraving by F. Pierdon, 1857 from "Le Monde Illustré".
Backside is printed.

19.5 x 15.8 cm ( 7.7 x 6.2 ")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8037

"Averice & Dissipation"

Copper etching with original hand color.

By Tim Bobbin, pseudonym for John Collier (1708-1786)

Published in "Human Passions Delineated". London, 1810 -

A posthumous edition with 25 of Collier's caricatures.

Very good condition. Wide margins.

Image: 13,8 x 21,2 cm (ca. 5.4 x 8.3")

$ 145.00 (discounted at 40% = $ 87.00)

Order Nr. FINANCE256443

"Hypocrisy"

Copper etching with original hand color.

By Tim Bobbin, pseudonym for John Collier (1708-1786)

Published in "Human Passions Delineated". London, 1810 -

A posthumous edition with 25 of Collier's caricatures.

Very good condition. Wide margins.

Image: 13 x 20,5 cm (ca. 5.1 x 8.1")

$ 145.00 (discounted at 40% = $ 87.00)

Order Nr. FINANCE256441

"Grief. Pleasure"

Copper etching with original hand color.

By Tim Bobbin, pseudonym for John Collier (1708-1786)

Published in "Human Passions Delineated". London, 1810 -

A posthumous edition with 25 of Collier's caricatures.

Very good condition. Wide margins.

Image: 13,5 x 20,5 cm (ca. 5.3 x 8.1")

$ 145.00 (discounted at 40% = $ 87.00)

Order Nr. FINANCE256442

Aus der koeniglichen Muenze zu Berlin
(The royal mint in Berlin)

Upper images: Die Schmelze. Der Gluehofen.
Lower images: Maschine zum Stecken der Baender. Praegmaschinen.

Wood engraving ca 1880. Backside is printed.

12.8 x 12.4 cm ( 5 x 4.9 ")

$60.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8046

No Title (Minting money)

Anonymous copper engraving ca 1780.
Small brown spot in image.

16.5 x 22 cm ( 6.4 x 8.6 ")

$ 95.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8050

No Title (Coin making machines)

Copper engraving ca 1800.

6.6 x 9.1 cm ( 2.6 x 3.6 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8045

Alte Praegapparat, Paegstempel und Muenzen aus Antiochien
(Old coinstamper and coins from Antiochia"

Wood engraving ca 1875.

6.6 x 11.3 cm (2.6 x 4.4 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8044

Reverse side:

"Muenzen"

Wood engravings of rare Greek, Roman and later coins, published 1894.
Included is an extra page with short descriptions ( in German ) of each coin.
Vertical centerfold.

Page size: 24.5 x 31.5 cm ( 9.6 x 12.4 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. FINANCE247148

Altes Praegwerk (Old coin stamping)

Wood engraving ca 1875. Backside is printed.

9.2 x 12.4 cm ( 3.6 x 4.8 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8043

Die Wiegemaschine

Wood engraving by C. Laplante, printed in color, ca 1885. Backside is printed.

8.5 x 9.5 cm ( 3.3 x 3.7 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8041

The following two pages show various stages of making coins, from the working of the metal to the final stages of the coins.

Titles of above images:

Das Giessen der Metallstreifen.
Das Strecken der Metallstreifen.
Das Gluehen der Metallstreifen.

27.3 x 15.8 cm ( 10.7 x 6.2 ")

_______________________

Titles of above images.

Das Ausschlagen der runden Geldstuecke.
Das Justiren der Muenzen.
Das Maendeln der Muenzen.

27.3 x 15.4 cm ( 10.7 x 6 ")

Wood engravings ca 1880. Overall age toning. Browning on margin edges.
Backsidea are printed.

Price for both pages: $85.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8040

Coining: as sketched in an old German Print.

Wood engraving ca 1885. Backside is printed.

7.4 x 10.1 cm ( 2.9 x 4.4 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8048

Aeussere Ansicht einer Prägmaschine fuer Rio Janiero.
(Out view of a coin maschine for Rio de Janiero.)

Wood engraving ca 1875. Backside is printed. Light age toning.

14.3 x 6.4 cm ( 5.6 x 2.5 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8049

"Hypothekenbank in La Plata" (Argentina)

Wood engraving published 1905. The German text describes La Plata and
continues on the reverse side.

Page size: 27 x 20 cm ( 10.6 x 7.8")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. FINANCE254417

Modele reduit d'une colonne pour l'affichage instanté des cotes de la Bourse.
(Model of a column that gives instant stock market information. At the top is the emblem of Credit National)

Wood engraving from "Le Monde Illustré", 1867.

13.7 x 10.1 cm ( 5.4 x 4 ")

$ 30.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8039

"Sole-Trying"

Broker- "I can't pay this bill to-day. Money's awful tight, and these are times that try men's souls."
Bill-Collector (who has called for the twentieth time) -" You seem to be something of a sole-tryer yourself."

Wood engraving, ca 1880. Left edge has light binding toning and two small binding holes.
Text on backside. Overall light age toning.

12 x 10.5 cm ( 4.7 x 4.1 ")

$ 30.00

Order Nr. FINANCE8020

Actionnaires De Mines Faisant Un Drôle De Mine
Les Mines Dont Enfoncées a 200 Pieds Sous Terre.

Lithograph by H. Daumier, ca 1840.
Backside is printed.

Page size: 27.3 x 18.9 cm ( 10.7 x 7.3 ")

$ 220.00

Order Nr. HUMOR9503