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MALPIED (18th century). Traite sur l'art de la danse. Paris: M. Bouin, n.d. [ca 1770].
8o (204 x 145 mm). 122 pages. Engraved throughout with many text illustrations and plates of stenochoreographic notations. Modern quarter calf.
FIRST EDITION, describing Baroque dance steps and their correlation with music using the notation system published by Raoul-Auger Feuillet in 1700. It also contains information on the minuet and also provides an extensive discussion on hand and arm positions. Considerable attention is given to arm positions, and on p.83 are symbols for one couple of the arm enlacements in l'Allemande, which dance was in considerable favor at this time. Leslie, p.337; Moroda, p.378.
8o (204 x 145 mm). 122 pages. Engraved throughout with many text illustrations and plates of stenochoreographic notations. Modern quarter calf.
FIRST EDITION, describing Baroque dance steps and their correlation with music using the notation system published by Raoul-Auger Feuillet in 1700. It also contains information on the minuet and also provides an extensive discussion on hand and arm positions. Considerable attention is given to arm positions, and on p.83 are symbols for one couple of the arm enlacements in l'Allemande, which dance was in considerable favor at this time. Leslie, p.337; Moroda, p.378.