[HUERNE de LA MOTHE], Sur la Question de l'Excommunication, 1761
[HUERNE de LA MOTHE, François-Charles].
Mémoire à consulter, sur la Question de l'Excommunication; que l'on prétend encourue par le seul fait d'Acteurs de la Comédie Françoise.
Paris, sn, 1761.
8vo (208x131 mm), xvi-269-(3) pages. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine in six compartments. Corners bumped. A leave unbound.
Second issu of the first edition with a different title and without the "avis de l'éditeur"
Work commissioned by the actress Mademoiselle Clairon from the lawyer Huerne de la Motte to defend the condition of the actors. Following the funeral ceremony that the actors of the Comédie Française had organized for Crébillon father, the Archbishop of Paris then recalled the French tradition of excommunication of actors.