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The MS consists of five fascicules bound together and was submitted to the censor, Crébillon by the comédiens in 1761. His official approval is noted on the verso of the final leaf: ‘Jay lu par ordre de Monsieur le Lieutenant Général de Police l’Ecueil du Sage et je crois que l’on peut en permettre la représentation. Ce 26 9bre 1761. Crébillon. Vû L’aprobation Permis de representer ce 28 9bre 1761. de Sartine.’

Repository: Comédie-Française, Paris, France
Date: 1761
CMV: cmv37585

The letter contains a poem known as ‘A Monsieur D[es] M[ahis]’.

Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: 24 July 1756
CMV: cmv37547
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: c.1756
CMV: cmv37540
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: 1753-1755
CMV: cmv37532

This MS played a part in the production of the edition of Mérope published by Prault fils in 1758. The play was first performed at the Comédie-Française on Wednesday 20 February 1743 at the Jeu de Paume de l’Etoile.

Repository: Comédie-Française, Paris, France
Date: 1743
CMV: cmv37375
Repository: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek / Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany
Date: c.18th
CMV: cmv37342