of this date, that the said Works will be printed within our Kingdom & nowhere else, on good quality paper 

 & in clear letters, in conformity with the Regulations of the Bookseller. Prior to their release for sale, the 

 Manuscripts or Imprints used as copy for the printing of the said Works will be handed over to our most 

 dear and faithful Knight Sir DAGUESSEAU, Chancellor of France, Commander of our Orders, of which 

 two Copies subsequently will be placed in our Public Library, one in that of the Chateau du Louvre, & one 

 in that of our aforementioned very dear and faithful Knight Sir DAGUESSEAU, Chancellor of France, all 

 of which under pain of nullification of the said Presents. The contents of which We inform & charge you to 

 put in the possession of the said Petitioners & their agent fully and peaceably, without allowing them any 

 distress or hindrance. Our wish is that the copy of these Presents, printed in its entirety at the beginning or 

 at the end of the said Works, be retained and notice of it be duly served & added in good faith to the copies 

 collated by one of our cherished & faithful Counsellors & Secretaries, as it was to the original. We 

 forthwith order our Bailiff or Sergeant in pursuance of this command to perform all of requisite and 

 necessary acts without seeking further permission, notwithstanding any Hue and Cry, Norman Charter, & 

 Letters to the contrary; because such is our pleasure. GRANTED in Paris the nineteenth day of the month 

 of March, the year one thousand seven hundred fifty C.E., & of our Reign, the thirty-fifth. By the King and 



his Council. Signed, MOL. 



Registered in Registry XII of the Royal Trade Council of Booksellers and Printers of Paris, No. 

 430, folio 309, in conformity with the Law of 1 723, article 4, that prohibits all persons, whatever their 

 status, other than the Booksellers & Printers, from selling, distributing & advertising any books to be sold, 

 whether they claim to be the Authors or anyone else. Upon condition that the aforementioned Council be 

 furnished with eight copies of each one, as prescribed by article 108 of the same Law. Paris, June 5, 1 750. 



Signed, LE GRAS, Trustee. 



