93 - NECKER. VASSELIN.

NECKER. VASSELIN. [HISTORY AND JUSTICE. 18th century]. SET of 4 works in 10 volumes. Period bindings. - NECKER. On the Administration of France’s Finances. (Paris), 1784. 3 volumes in-8, IV-CLIX-345 pp., fold-out table; III-536 pp. and (1) f., IV-468 pp. Contemporary mottled tan sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with fleurons and gilt fillets, red and green title and volume number labels, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges (spine slightly faded, discreet small wormholes on the joints and covers, some minor scuffing). First edition of this major work on the history of the end of the Ancien Régime. A fine copy. Minister of Finance under Louis XVI, the banker Jacques Necker is considered the only one to have presented a realistic assessment of the kingdom’s finances prior to the Revolution. Necker was one of the leading advocates of neo-mercantilism, in opposition to physiocratic theories. He served as Minister of Finance three times between 1777 and 1790. - [COLLECTION of numerous historical documents on the Revolution]. Paris, [late 18th century]. In-4, speckled cardboard binding (worn caps). A fine collection of rare pamphlets on the Revolution, including: -Decree by His Excellency the Archbishop of Paris, ordering the Te Deum. In Paris, at Cl. Simon, 1789; -General Regulations for the Paris Commune, Seguy Thiboust, 1790, on blue laid paper; -Response to objections against the continued active status of the sections of the Paris Commune. In Paris, Seguy-Thiboust, 1790; -Petition to the Members of the National Assembly by the Royal and National Arquebusiers In Paris, 1790; -Response to the memorandum presented to the National Assembly by the former postilions; -Memorandum in the form of a letter, addressed on October 8, 1789, by Sieur Danty -VASSELIN. Revolutionary Memorial of the Convention, or History of the Revolutions in France from September 10, 1792, to October 26, 1795. 4 volumes, in-12. Contemporary speckled fawn sheepskin, smooth spine (signs of wear). -CIVIL CODE of the French, with the speeches delivered by the Government’s Orators, Volumes 1 and 3. Paris: Office of the *Journal du Palais*, Year XII. 2 volumes, in-8. Half-fauve speckled sheepskin.