The six principal factums in the lawsuit, brought by Goezman and others, the original editions reissued with a general title, and a portrait (not always found). Scarce, limited by the availability of the original pamphlets; copies vary in small details. Morton and Spinelli 965 ff. list 6 variants: ours has the precise contents of their 965, cited by them (but not apparently seen) from Cordier 360 ( édition originale ), but the minutiae of punctuation and capitalisation in the general title are as M&S 966. Tchémerzine I, 491, has apparently seen only M&S 968. 1/ Mémoire à Consulter pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (Paris, Imprimerie de Ph.D.Pierres, 1774). 2/ Supplément au mémoire à Consulter pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. (Imprimerie de Quillau, 1773). 3/ Addition au supplément du Mémoire à consulter. (Imprimerie de Ph.D.Pierres 1774) 4/ Requête d'atténuation pour le Sr Caron de Beaumarchais (Paris, Imprimerie de Knapen, 1773) 5/ Quatrième mémoire à consulter pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (Paris, Imprimerie de Clousier, 1774) 6/ Mémoire à consulter et consultation pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais ; précédé d'un Avertissement servant de Réponse au troisième Précis du Comte de La Blache. (Paris, Imprimerie Clousiers, 1775).
Beaumarchais shows all the brilliance of the dramatist in these legal documents. "For vivacity of style, fine satire and broad humour, his famous Mémoires have never been surpassed. Even Voltaire was constrained to envy them." (Saintsbury).