Plan de banque nationale immobiliaire, dédié à la nation... by…

8vo (194 × 120 mm), pp. [2], x, [4], 3-197, [5], plus 13 folding letterpress table or illustrations, woodcut title vignette. Contemporary blue pastepaper boards. Spine worn, otherwise a very good, fresh copy.

First edition, with author’s signature at the end of the preface and with various small manuscript corrections, presumably editorial. An exhaustive proposal for a post-Revolutionary national bank based on property the title bears Mengin’s statement his aim: ‘Fonder l’intérêt public sur l’intérêt particulier, les concilier pour l’avantage général de tous ces citoyens, multiplier les richesses nationales, tel est l’unique but de cet ouvrage’ (‘Basing the public interest on private interest, reconciling them for the general advantage of all citizens, multiplying national wealth, such is the sole aim of this work)’. The folding tables include models for four different credit notes: Papier rouge, papier bleu, papier jaune and papier vert.