Burial Note Or Death Placard 1746

Death placard of "Sire LOUIS METTRA, former judge and consul, former grand guard of the haberdashery, former commissioner of the poor, former churchwarden of the parish...".September 7, 1746...Paris Under the Ancien Régime, the death placards or burial tickets, sheets of paper, displayed or distributed, which have the function of announcing the death of a person (often of high rank) by indicating the name of the deceased and his close relatives, his address, marital status and date of death, as well as the day, time and place of the funeral celebration.
The poster activity in Paris under the Ancien Régime was extremely important but, these documents being doomed to destruction after their use, there are very few left. However, some of these placards, rather than being displayed, were simply folded in two or four and addressed to a few chosen recipients (family, relatives, relations, colleagues, etc.).
Dimensions of the sheet 47X34 cm sheet glued to cardboard, trace of humidity, small tears and folds Rare document, beautiful engraving