Boulainvilliers, Henri de. Etat de la France, dans lequel on voit tout ce qui respecte le gouvernement ecclesiastique, le militaire, la justice, les finances, le commerce, le manufactures, le nombre des habitans, & en general tout Ce qui peut faire connoitre à fond cette Monarchie. 3 volumes. With 2 woodcut printer stamps on the title and a folded map. 34,5 x 22 cm. Leather d. Z. (bieved, infested with few flaws and capitals partly with cracks) with gold-embossed RSchild, gold-plated gold-plating and gold-embroidered inner edges. London, T. Wood & S. Palmer, 1727-1728. Kress 3677. Goldsmiths 6496. INED 713 (BD. 1-2). – First edition. "He was an admirer of Feudalism, and would have liked to restore 'feudal liberty', the decay of which seemed to him the cause of the miseries of the people" (Palgrave I, 170). – Single with cracks, partly slightly spotted and slightly wavy otherwise good specimen.