59 - NECKER (Jacques). On the Administration of France’s Finances. S.l.s.n. [Paris], 1785. 3 volumes, in-8, in period full calf, with decorated raised spine. VIII, 292 pp.; IV, 476 pp.; (1) f., IV, 407 pp.

NECKER (Jacques). On the Administration of France’s Finances. S.l.s.n. [Paris], 1785. 3 volumes, in-8, in period full calf, with decorated raised spine. VIII, 292 pp.; IV, 476 pp.; (1) f., IV, 407 pp. Frontispiece engraved by J.L. Allais and 1 fold-out plate in Volume I. This edition was published one year after the original of this critique of the wasteful practices of Calonne, who had replaced Necker as minister. This book was banned and led to the author’s exile.