Ballet du temps
Subtitle: dansé par le roy le dernier jour de novembre 1654
Publisher: Chez Robert Ballard ...
Published: 1654
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Ballets; Librettos
Other titles: Ballet dv temps; Ballet du temps (Choreographic work : Hesselin)
Notes: Ballet de cour libretto in 2 parts: 1. ptie with introductory recitative and 12 entrées, 2. ptie with introductory recitative and 11 entrées.

Devised (and probably choreographed) by Hesselin; recitative texts by Benserade; music by L. de Mollier and J.-B. Boesset.

Variant states are known to exist: dates of performance in the subtitles differ.

First performed in the grande salle des gardes du Louvre, in Paris, on 30 November or 3 December 1654.

Each entrée names the cast involved.

Signatures: A-C².

Includes printer's device on t.p.; head- and tail-pieces and illustrated initials.

Christout, M.-F. Le ballet de cour de Louis XIV, 1643-1672, p. 261.