Contains the original charter of the Come die-Franc ʹaise from 1757 along with a list of the actors and actresses present at the time of the formation of the society; also includes a set of rules for the members regarding attendance at assemblies and rehearsals, repertory, distribution of parts, etc.
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Arrests du Conseil d'Etat du roi: lettres patentes, acte de socie te et reglements de messieurs les premiers gentilshommes de la chambre du roi, concernant les come diens franc ·ois
1761, De l'Imprimerie de Christophe Ballard, seul imprimeur du roi pour la musique & noteur de la Chapelle de Sa Majeste , a Sainte Ce cile
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Signatures: pi℗ø(-pi)́ A-Dı́ Eþ́, Bı́(-B,́ B)́ Cı́ Dþ́
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in red morcco panelled in gilt with fleurs-de-lys at the corners and the super-ex-libris of Louis XV with the motto "Menus plesirs du Roy" on both covers. The endpapers are of Dutch gilt paper in a pattern of stars. The armorial bookplate of Philippe-Louis de Bordes de Fortage is present on the front pastedown. The leather bookplate of Harry Crosby, containing the words "Harry Caresse" arranged into the shape of a cross, is present on the front free endpaper. An extended dealer's catalog description is tipped onto the back endpapers and a shorter description, in French, is likewise affixed to the front flyleaf, which also contains an unidentified embossed stamp in the shape of the sun.
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