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DUFORT, Giambattista (18th century). Trattato del ballo nobile. Naples: Felice Mosca, 1728.
8o (151 x 103 mm). 25 small engraved figures in text. Contemporary vellum.
FIRST EDITION. Part one contains thirty-four chapters devoted to instructions for steps required in Italian Baroque dance including pirola (pirouette), sfuggito (echappé), passo unite (assemblé), and cadente (tombé). Each step is described and notated in Feuillet notation, the dance notation system first published by French choreographer Raoul-Auger Feuillet in 1700. The second part of the manual contains six chapters devoted to performance of the minuetto (minuet) and concludes with a section on the contradanza (contredanse) and riverenze (bows). Beaumont, p.25.
8o (151 x 103 mm). 25 small engraved figures in text. Contemporary vellum.
FIRST EDITION. Part one contains thirty-four chapters devoted to instructions for steps required in Italian Baroque dance including pirola (pirouette), sfuggito (echappé), passo unite (assemblé), and cadente (tombé). Each step is described and notated in Feuillet notation, the dance notation system first published by French choreographer Raoul-Auger Feuillet in 1700. The second part of the manual contains six chapters devoted to performance of the minuetto (minuet) and concludes with a section on the contradanza (contredanse) and riverenze (bows). Beaumont, p.25.