Rare 1791 French Trade Broadside – Economic Chart

This rare engraved statistical chart originates from De la Balance du Commerce de France, Tome III, published in Paris in 1791 by Chez Buisson during the final years of the Ancien Régime. The work compiles detailed French trade and commerce statistics spanning 1716–1788, reflecting the sophisticated economic analysis and mercantilist record-keeping of late 18th-century France. Produced on the eve of the French Revolution, the chart represents an important early example of large-format statistical printing and Enlightenment-era data visualisation.