The containing a complete description of cotillons and other popular dances, with illustrations text nyu New York Huestis & Craft 1841 monographic eng

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46 p. incl. front., illus. 13 cm. This manual, small enough to fit into a pocket, declares that it contains "all the information which is interesting to the world of dancing" [p. 5]. In fact, like many nineteenth-century dance manuals, the text is heavily borrowed from numerous sources and compiled by a publisher. Its format is common for this type of manual. It begins with a discussion on etiquette followed by a description of quadrilles--popular group dances performed by four couples facing in a square. Although the waltz was a staple of the mid-nineteenth-century ballroom, it is not discussed in this manual. Source: Source unknown. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. Ballroom dancing Handbooks, manuals, etc Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals GV1763 .B18 ca 05001761 hdl:loc.music/musdi.225 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.225 DLC 781018 20260227111041.0 ca 05001761