"En faveur du badinage, faites grace à la raison."
First ed. with the engravings by Halbou, Liénard, and Lingée, after illustrations by Saint Quentin.
Collation: t.p.: p. [i]; "Cet ouvrage se trouve ... " and "Avis de l'editeur": p [ii]; frontispiece (engraved portrait of Beaumarchais); t.p.: p. [iii]; "Preface," etc.: p. [v]-li; censors' approvals: p. [lii]; half t.p.: p. [1]; "Personnages": p. [2]; interpolated leaf with engraving of a scene from Act I on verso; text: p. [3]-199; "Approbations": p. [200]; "Errata": p. [201].
Saint-Quentin, Jacques Philippe Joseph de, 1738- illustrator.
Halbou, Louis Michel, 1730-ca. 1809, engraver.
Liénard, Jean-Baptiste, b. 1750, engraver.
Lingée, Eléonore, b. ca. 1753, engraver.
Ruault, publisher.