Le Sérail a l'encan
Subtitle: petite pièce turque en I. acte, réprésentée au Théatre de l'ambigu comique
Contributors: Arnould, M., 1743-1795; Sedaine de Sarcy, M. (Jean-François), 1762-; Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (Paris, France)
Publisher: Chez Valleyre l'aîné
Published: 1785
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: Children's theater
Other titles: Ambigu comique.; Serrail à l'encan.
Notes: Almanac with illustrated song texts (tunes indicated by titles of airs) from plays produced 1780-1781 at the Théâtre de l'ambigu comique, Paris (a company of child actors founded and directed by N.-M. Audinot with J.-F. Arnould): Le Sérail à l'encan (published as Le Serrail à l'encan, 1783), attributed to J.-F. Sedaine de Sarcy (cf. Soleinne: Bibliothèque dramatique, III, 225), Audinot, Arnould or M.-J. Sedaine (cf. Barbier, IV, 474); Le Prince noir et blanc (published 1782), attributed to Audinot and Arnould by Soleinne.

Variant of Audinot's device on t.p.: Sicut pueri audi nos.

Imprint from first leaf of almanac.

Engraved throughout (except almanac, printed in red and black).

Illustrations: Hand-colored etchings.

Illustrated t.p. (conjugate leaf blank); "Almanach d'agenda, année commune 1786" on 2 conjugate double-width folded leaves of light blue paper; and folded sheet of plates "à retombe" (metamorphoses) with text (4 figs. on recto and 8 half-figs. on verso, cut and folded to form 2 double-width folded leaves, each with 2 flaps at top and bottom, producing 16 possible images).

Bibliothèque nationale cat., v. 4, col. 529; v. 5, col. 183; v. 169, col. 540.