Michel Jean SEDAINE (1719-1797) Poet, playwright... Lot 427

Michel Jean SEDAINE (1719-1797) Poet, playwright and librettist. [L.A.S., P.A.S. and 2 P.S., 1769-1790; 5 pages, various sizes (engraved portrait enclosed). - July 17, 1779, letter of recommendation to the architect LOUIS for M. Dufresnoi, student of the Academy of architecture.... - May 15, 1769, voucher for two places at the Italian Comedy. - March 26, 1778, certified copy of the memorandum read on March 9, 1778 by Mr. PEYRE the young at the Academy of architecture [of which Sedaine was the perpetual secretary], relating to the pensionary architects of Rome. - Paris November 25, 1790, receipt of arrears of rents Provenance: - Pierre BERGE, Paris, June 25, 2015, no. 374