Anténor JOLY. P.A., August 29, 1842; 3 pages in-fol. August 29, 1842, minute of a note for the Duc de Coigny, president of the Commission de surveillance des théâtres royaux. After the Théâtre Italien took over the Salle Ventadour, Anténor Joly, who still had the privilege of the Théâtre de la Renaissance, requested authorization to build a new theatre "on the grounds of the Café spectacle, boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle"; he recalled the various steps he had taken in vain... We enclose 4 L.A.S., 1838-1840, as director of the Théâtre Ventadour then of the Théâtre de la Renaissance, to Duponchel, to M. de Boismilon (concerning the Duc d'Orléans' box), to Maurice Schlesinger (requesting scores of Meyerbeer's Huguenots for a concert (1p. in-8 each, headings).