ARNOULD (Ambroise-Marie) General history of the finances of France, from the beginning of the Monarchy; to serve as an introduction to the annual law or budget of the French Empire. Paris, Imprimerie ordinaire du Corps Législatif, and at Rondonneau, March 1806, in-4, green half calf with corners, smooth spine decorated with large fleurons and gilt garlands, lemon edges (contemporary binding). Nice copy. This is the only edition of this general, but well-argued, overview of public finances in France, a perpetual weak point of all the public finance systems. A copy of Otto de Mosloy, with ex-libris.