Money Changers in the Revolutionary Era
Bouchary, Jean. LES MANIEURS D'ARGENT À PARIS À LA FIN DU XVIIIe SIÈCLE. Tomes I–III, complete, bound in one volume. Paris: Rivière, 1939–1943. Thick 8vo, later red quarter morocco with mottled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; original printed card covers bound in. 216, (4) + 210, (2) + 286, (2) pages. Fine. A scarce study, of the role played by money handlers and exchange traders at the end of the 18th century in France. Ex Claude Burgan Library.