Octavo. [4], 480 pp., with the half title. Contemporary calf, red sprinkled edges, flat spine panelled with gilt rules, the second panel lettered in gilt on red morocco label, the rest with gilt sunburst devices, red sprinkled edges (outer leaves slightly dusty, otherwise generally unmarked; light shelf wear to extremities, neatly recornered with additional small repair to foot of spine, otherwise a nice copy). Paris, Hötel de Thou, 1791.
Necker’s personal vindication of his second term as Controller-General of the French economy, written while licking his wounds at his estate in Coppet following his final fall from grace and subsequent retirement from public life in 1790. One of five different editions each dated 1791 to the title-pages, without established priority.
