The spirit of Erasmus leaves Rotterdam, 1720, De Rottege Bellows, and the Spirit of Erasmus wandering from his Birth City to the Three Unactioned Free Cities of Hd. (title on object), The Great Scene of Foolishness (series title), The wind trade in Rotterdam makes the spirit of Erasmus leave the city, 1720. Cartoon on the wind trade in Rotterdam. In the right foreground a wealthy Rotterdam resident is treading the scales of Justice, on the left the treasury appears to contain only coal upon inspection. In the caption verses in Dutch and French. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 10) of

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