LILLE (NORTH) 1787. CENSURE. Cupboard (52 x 42). "JUDGMENT o - Lot 164

LILLE (NORTH) 1787. CENSURE. Cupboard (52 x 42). "JUDGMENT of the Provost, Mayeur & Aldermen of the City of LILLE, April 23, 1787, against the Director of SPECTACLES." Done in Conclave, April 23rd, 1787. "... it has just been circulated to the Public, a written notice entitled Notice concerning the Shows; that this notice in which the Director compromises the Corps du MAGISTRAT, by facts whose falsity is obvious, is moreover printed & made public, in contravention of the Ordinances; To these causes. It requires for the King, that he be informed against the Printer & Distributors of the said Notice, & that the Director of Shows be summoned to the Conclave to be heard there, & then punished..."