Description based on: 1694.
Publisher varies. Frequency varies. At times issued annually, but also biennially, triennially, every 4 years and every 6 years.
Title varies. Le vrai Etat de la France 1652; Estat de la France, 1650, 1658, 1661, 1663; Parfait estat de la France, 1656; Véritable estat dv governnement de la France, 1657, 1659.
Dedication of 1750 signed by de La Martinière. Edited by de La Lande in 1651 and 1653 and by Du Verdier in 1654. -- Cf. Le Long.
"Les éditions de 1656, à 1698 ont été rédigées par N. Besongne, celle de 1699 à 1718 par L. Trabouillet, celle de 1722 par frère Ange, celle de 1727 par frère Simplicien, celle de 1736 par les religieux Augustins déchaussés, enfin celles de 1749 par les religieux Bénédictins de la congrégation de Saint-Maur." -- Barbier.
Dedication to the king of France in 1749 ed. signed: Les religieux Benedictins de la Congrégation de Saint Maur. 1749 edited by Bar, Pradier and Jalabert, according to Pre-1956 imprints.
Volumes for 1649, 1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1663, 1665, 1667, 1669, 1672, 1674, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1680, 1782, 1683, 1684, 1686, 1687, 1689, 1692, 1694, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1702, 1708, 1712, 1718, 1722, 1727, 1736, 1749 were published according to Le Long, Barbier, and Brunet.
Editions also were published in: Amsterdam, London, Geneva and The Hague.