This fine copy is the first volume of this celebrated almanach, published until 1815 and republished several times afterwards. It contains a precise list of, for the past year, all the theatre pieces that were played in the most renowned Parisian theatres, such as the Comédie Française, the Comédie Italienne and the Opéra. The Almanach also contains notes on the works and on theatre in general, a list of the comedians and musicians currently working at the Comédie, and excerpts taken from several dramas.

Bound in an attractive contemporary red morocco, with gilt ornaments to covers and spine, endpapers with a gilt geometrical pattern.