Mont St. Victoire, Provence.
Photo by K. Radics
These also also have detailed current statistics.
Global economic data, including normalized GDP, CPI, imports, exports, retail sales, and interest rates. Optional registration allows personalization, but "guest access" (plus authentication) provides access to UCLA's subscription, which consists of these two modules: the Global Database and the High Frequency Database.
Here are a few important works. For more, search the Library Catalog under the subject France - Statistics - History