Arrests du Conseil d'Etat du roi
Subtitle: lettres patentes, acte de socie te  et reglements de messieurs les premiers gentilshommes de la chambre du roi, concernant les come diens franc ·ois
Contributors: Ballard, Christophe, approximately 1701-1765, printer; Bordes de Fortage, Philippe Louis de, 1846-1924, former owner; Crosby, Harry, 1898-1929, former owner
Publisher: De l'Imprimerie de Christophe Ballard, seul imprimeur du roi pour la musique & noteur de la Chapelle de Sa Majeste , a   Sainte Ce cile
Published: 1761
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Theatrical companies; Theater; Come die-Franc ʹaise; History
Description: 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.
Notes: 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.