La belle Arsène
Subtitle: comédie en quatre actes, mélée d'ariettes
By: les paroles de Mr. Favart ; la musique de M***
Contributors: John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection); Favart, M. (Charles-Simon), 1710-1792, librettist; Phillippot, Pierre, printer; Schröder, Fritz, 1891-1973, former owner; Voltaire, 1694-1778; Château de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau, France); Comédie-Italienne (Paris, France)
Publisher: De l'Impr. de Pierre Phillippot ... , MDCCLXXXV [1785
Published: 1785
Place of publication: A Bordeaux
Language: fre
Number of pages: 52
Work titles: Belle Arsène
Notes: Based on Voltaire's La bégueule. Cf. Grove music online.

"Représenté devant Sa Majesté, à Fontainebleau, le 6 Novembre 1773; & à Paris, le 14 Août 1765 [i.e. 1775]."

The 14 August 1775 performance was held at the Comédie-Italienne. Cf. Grove music online.

Signatures: A-F⁴ G².

Title page has a quotation from Horace and one from Voltaire.

Woodcut printer's device and head-piece.