NECKER, Jacques (1732-1804). De L'Administration des Finances de la France. [Paris:] n.p., 1784. 3 volumes, 8vo (193 x 121 mm). Folding letterpress table to vol.I, errata to vols.I and III, 4pp. Supplement to vol.II. (Lacking half-titles, some minor spotting or browning.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, edges red (joints starting, some overall wear, covers slightly bowed). FIRST EDITION, "the only authentic account of the finances of France previously to the Revolution" (McCulloch, The Literature of Political Economy, 1845, p. 347).