Rameau, Pierre Le maître a danser, qui enseigne la maniere de faire tous les différens Pas de Danse dans toute la régularité de l'Art... nouvelle edition, Paris: Jean Villette fils, 1734 8vo (18.8 x 11.5cm), half-title, woodcut initials and headpieces, 60 engraved plates (4 folding), Dolmetsch Library stamp and pencil shelfmark ("II C 3") to verso of title-page, contemporary calf, gilt fillet border, spine gilt in compartments, red edges, one plate with shaved caption, occasional light browning, binding slightly worn, joints cracked This is a reissue of the first edition of 1725 with a new title-page. "A classic manual of the dance setting down for the first time the essential five positions of the feet" (Magriel, p.131). LITERATURE: Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin, Dancing by the Book 104; RISM Écrits p.686Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Rameau, Pierre Le maître a danser, qui enseigne la maniere de faire tous les différens Pas de Danse dans toute la régularité de l'Art... nouvelle edition, Paris: Jean Villette fils, 1734 8vo (18.8 x 11.5cm), half-title, woodcut initials and headpieces, 60 engraved plates (4 folding), Dolmetsch Library stamp and pencil shelfmark ("II C 3") to verso of title-page, contemporary calf, gilt fillet border, spine gilt in compartments, red edges, one plate with shaved caption, occasional light browning, binding slightly worn, joints cracked This is a reissue of the first edition of 1725 with a new title-page. "A classic manual of the dance setting down for the first time the essential five positions of the feet" (Magriel, p.131). LITERATURE: Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin, Dancing by the Book 104; RISM Écrits p.686Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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