| Diplomatic transcription of the title page | Au Quatuor | Pro - Arte | B. Martinů: | Quatuor à cordes avec l´orchestre. | Paris Juin 1931. |
| Number of leaves | 44 |
| Number of pages bearing notation | 84 |
| Total number of pages | 88 |
| Original pagination | 1–81 |
| Note on pagination | Original pagination correctly [82] pages. Page 36 should be p. [37]. Martinů had not marked original p. 36 that containes alternative beginning of the 2nd movement. This original beginning was later canceled by Martinů. |
| Dimensions (width x height) | 262 x 347 mm (cover); 268 x 351 mm (score) |
| Binding | individual pages and loose bifolia |
| Paper characteristics | yellowed paper, damaged in places with tears and creased edges |
| Brand of paper | Lard Esnault supérieur Paris |
| Watermark | cover: Bellamy Normal 1er Choix Fon JD; score: Lard Esnault Supérieur Paris |
| Number and arrangement of staves | 12 (2 leaves of cover); 20 (score) |
| Total span of staves | 211 mm |
| Distance between staff lines | 3 mm |
| Writing instrument | pen (black ink), pencil, red pen, blue and red pencil |
| Diplomatic transcription of performing forces - 1st page of the score | 1. 2. Flauti | 1. 2. Oboe | 1. 2. Clarinetti (Ut) C. | 1. 2. Fagoti [!] | 1. 2. Corni Fa. | 1. 2. Trompetti C. | (Ut) | 1. 2. Tromboni | Timpani | Soli | Viol. I. | II. | Alto. | Vcello. | Violini I. | II. | Alti. | Vcelli. | C. bassi |
| Content of particular pages | written on the cover in pencil above the composer´s own title of the work in the hand of the Schott Music editor: "Streichquartett mit Orchester" and at the bottom of the cover in blue pencil: "=33533= | Sti[mmen]. 33534". At the end of the score (p. 81), the composer inserted: "Paris | Juin 1931 | B. Martinů" |
| Markings by B. Martinů | changes and corrections are written in pen (black ink), pencil, and red pen |
| Other markings | conductor´s markings (red and blue pencil), clarifications, markings by editors from Schott Music (pencil, blue pencil, and red pen), indications of page breaks for the typesetter (pencil) |
| Comments | Martinů wrote the work´s title into the heading of page 1: [underlined] "Quatuor avec | [underlined] l´orchestre." and added the dedicaton in the empty staves for Fl I, II and Ob I, II at the beginning: "Au Quatuor Pro-Arte". |