ITALIAN COMEDY. P.S. by 16 Comédiens Italiens, August 16, 1780; 1page in-fol. Minutes of the meeting of the Comédie Italienne to appoint its new procureur. "Mr Cholet procureur au Chatelet, in charge of the Comédie's affairs", is about to sell his office and recommends sieur Rose, who is to succeed him. The assembly, satisfied with Cholet's good offices, accepts Sieur Rose "to be procureur de la Comédie, and in this capacity to be in charge of contentious affairs at the Chatelet, and to enjoy the entrances granted to Ms du Conseil de la Comédie". Signed by: Camerani, semainier perpétuel, Rosière (Jean-René Lecoupay de La Rosière), semainier, Nicolas Suin, Charles-Antoine Bertinazzi dit Carlin (the famous Harlequin), Antoine Trial, his wife Marie-Jeanne Trial, Mlle Colombe l'aînée, Mlle Moulinghen, Louis Michu, Mlle Billioni, Guillaume Vizentini dit Thomassin, Mlle Gontier, Adeline Lescot, Jean-Baptiste Guignard dit Clairval, Charles-Nicolas Favart and Pierre-Marie Narbonne. Enclosed is a color engraved portrait of Carlin Bertinazzi; and 2 receipts for box rentals (p. in-4 on Comédie Italienne letterhead): February 13, 1780 signed by Camerani, Carlin, Mainville and Zanuzzi, and December 26, 1784 signed by Camerani, Courcelle, Granger, Raymoni and Valroy.