[France] Compte rendu au roi, par M. Necker,

directeur général des finances. Au mois de janvier 1781. J. Necker. Paris, l'Imprimerie Royale, 1781, (4),116 p., with large folding letterpress table and 2 large folding handcoloured engraved maps of France, modern boards with mor. letterpiece on spine, 4to.

Jacques Necker (1732-1804) was a French statesman of Swiss origin, banker and minister of Finance under Louis XVI, and also the father of Madame de Staël. In his famous "Compte rendu", the financial situation of the French government is presented as very healthy ("total des remboursements. 17,326,666 ff."). Goldsmiths 12183; Kress B.360; Einaudi 4094.