ETAT ACTUEL de la MUSIQUE du ROI et des TROIS... Lot 45

ETAT ACTUEL de la MUSIQUE du ROI et des TROIS SPECTACLES de PARIS. Chez Vente, 1771. In-16 contemporary olive morocco, smooth spine decorated, three gilt fillets on the boards, gilt edges. Charming almanac with a title composed and engraved by Moreau le Jeune with a vignette (doves pecking at each other) and a frontispiece drawn by Eisen and engraved by Baron. It contains a theatrical calendar indicating the days of release with blank lines for the inscription of personal notes, observations on the costumes, the abridged history of the music in France, the state of the King's music, of the Academy of dance, of the Opera, of the French Comedy, of the Italian Comedy (Grand Carteret n°396)