618991 Poster advertising a performance at the Com矇die-Fran癟aise on 22 October, 1852, of Corneille\'s tragedy, \'Cinna\', followed by a recital of the poem \'L\'Empire C\'est La Paix\' and a performance of Alfred de Musset\'s comedy, \'Il Ne Faut Jurer de Rien\', 1852 (printed paper) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: \'Cinna ou la Cl矇mence d\'Auguste\' by Pierre Corneille (1606-84) production starring Mademoiselle Rachel (1821-58); the entertainment was performed in the presence of Prince Louis Napol矇on Bonaparte (1808-73), shortly before he became Emperor of the French; the significance of the recital of \'L\'Empire c\'est la Paix\' (\'Empire means Peace\') is because these was the phrase used by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte to inaugurate the Second Empire;); French, out of copyright.