Collection of 4 works on public finance in 7 volumes: - Lot 259

Collection of 4 works on public finance in 7 volumes: 1. BAILLY (A.): Exposé de l'administration générale et locale des finances du Royaume-Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, contenant des documents sur l'échiquier, la dette nationale, les banques, la navigation, les consommations, etc. ; sur le produit et l'emploi des contributions, droits, taxes, péages et émoluments perçus par l'État, le clergé, la magistrature, les comtés, les paroisses, les corporations, les titulaires d'offices, etc. Paris, Typographie de Firmin Didot Frères et Cie, 1837. 2 volumes. 14 by 22.5 cm. XLIV-616 + 1 double-sided folding table and (4)-VIII-643 pages. Paperback, in printed covers. Minor defects, a very good copy. Autograph signed letter from the author on the cover of volume I. First edition. The result of a long stay in Great Britain and two years of research and study, the work deals not only with general administration, but also with civil, ecclesiastical and judicial organization, causeways, canals and maritime navigation in each of the three kingdoms... 2. NERVO (Baron de): The budgets of France and England. Study. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1862. One volume. 14.5 by 23 cm. VI-540-(1) pages. Contemporary blue half-basane, spine decorated. Modestly bound but in good condition, some foxing. First edition. By a Receiver General of Finances. 3. MATHIEU-BODET (Pierre): Les finances françaises de 1870 à 1878. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1881, 2 vols. 14 by 22.5 cm. (4)-XII-458; (4)-468 pages. Paperback, in printed covers. Some foxing, but a good copy. First edition. 4. LEROY-BEAULIEU (Paul): Traité de la science des finances. Deuxième édition revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, 1879, 2 vols. 13 by 21.5 cm. VIII-762 pages + 1 f. n.ch. (Extrait cat. Guillaumin) and (4)-712 pages. Modern bradel boards in perfect condition. Very good condition inside. Volume 1: Des revenus publics. -Volume 2: Le budget et le crédit public. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1877). "Born in Saumur in 1843, died in Paris in 1916. Contrary to popular belief, he was not a member of the Faculty's teaching staff. Founder of l'Économiste français (1873), his remarkable work, which made him the leader of liberal ideas, led him to the Institut, then to a chair at the Collège de France." (Romeuf, Dict. des sciences économiques, p. 611).