Necker, [Jacques]. Compte rendu au roi. Au mois de Janvier 1781. With gest. portrait frontispiece, 1 typogr. table and 2 col. folding maps. Folding maps. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1781. 4°. [2] ll., 116 pp. Marbled. Calf d. Z. with spine label (spine and joints with scuff marks, corners bumped). Cioranescu II, 47908 - Kress B 360 - Stammhammer 96 - Second printing published in the year of the first edition. The first printing was intended exclusively for use at court. The famous report on the miserable state of the public coffers of France and especially on the waste of the court led to the discharge of Necker as director-general of finances under Louis XVI - INCLUDED: 1. [Saint Vincent, R. de]. Observations modestes d'un citoyen, sur les opérations de finances de M. Necker, et sur son compte rendu. O.O.u.J. 55 pp. - 2. Lettre de M. Le Marquis de Carraccioli a M. D'Alembert. 27 S. - 3. mémoire donné au roi, par M. Necker, en 1778. o.o., [1781]. [2] ll., 26 p. - As well as 4 other pamphlets on the subject. - Somewhat browned and lightly foxed in places.