01588cam a22003131 4500 ca 05001785 DLC 20260227111042.0 cr ||||||||||| 781018s1863 meu 000 0 eng ca 05001785 DLC DLC DLC GV1767 .B3 The ball-room manual of contra dances and social cotillons, with remarks on quadrilles and Spanish dance. Vest pocket ed. Belfast, Me., H. G. O. Washburn; Boston, G. W. Cottrell, 1863. iv, [5]-30, ii p. 8 cm. Introduction signed: W. H. Q. The publisher of this tiny manual (called a "vest pocket edition") notes that of the many books available to the dancing public, few contain "the good old contra dances of our ancestors." To remedy the situation, the manual gives figures for fifty-six English country dances, group dances consisting of figures performed by a column of men facing a column of women. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. Ballroom dancing Handbooks, manuals, etc. Miniature books Specimens. Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals. Washburn, Harrison Gray Otis, 1811-1866, publisher. Cottrell, George W., -1895, publisher. Quimby, William Henry, 1831-1857. Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress) DLC musdi 011 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.011 s 13375 13375