[CLERMONT-TONNERRE (Aimé Marie Gaspard) Budget des dépenses du ministère de la guerre pour l'exercice 1826, Paris: imprimerie royale, 1825. - In-4, red morocco, double gilt fillet and gilt border, gilt royal coat of arms in the center of the covers, ornate smooth spine, inner gilt border, blue silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges (period binding). First edition of the report made to the King by the Duc de Clermont-Tonnerre (1779-1865) on the budget of the Ministry of War for 1826. It lists central administration expenses, salaries, wages and expenses for the various army corps (marshals, officers, gendarmerie, infantry, cavalry, etc.), the budget for the king's household, military subsistence, heating, clothing, hospitals, barracks, recruitment, military justice, transportation, the Order of Saint-Louis, military schools, etc. Fine copy printed on wove paper, bound in contemporary morocco with the royal coat of arms. Traces of rubbing on the first cover, corners slightly dulled. Some foxing.