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(Theatres). Council of State. Legislation Section.
See original version (French)
211
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(Theatres). Council of State. Legislation Section.
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €250
Voluntary lot
Description
(Theatres). Council of State. Legislation Section. Commission responsible for drafting the law on theatres. Survey and official documents on theatres. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, December 1849.
Quarto, green half-percaline with a chagrin grain.
[3 ff.], 242 pp.
First edition of these minutes relating to the re-establishment of theatre censorship.
It was passed unanimously by the members of the Ministry of the Interior’s commission on 28 January 1849, but was not implemented until July 1850. In the meantime, a commission of the Council of State was tasked with gathering documents that might assist it in its work and with conducting enquiries amongst relevant experts. The commission met on six occasions to hear 31 witnesses: 11 playwrights or composers, including Alexandre Dumas and Victor Hugo. Among the documents gathered on theatres in Paris and the provinces are: licences, sureties, bankruptcies, theatre seating capacities, theatre companies, etc.
Discolouration on the percaline paper; covers slightly rubbed.
See original version (French)
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