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The dancing-Master [electronic resource] : or, the whole art and mystery of dancing explained; And t...

The dancing-Master [electronic resource] : or, the whole art and mystery of dancing explained; And t...

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The dancing-Master [electronic resource] : or, the whole art and mystery of dancing explained; And the Manner of Performing all Steps in Ball-Dancing made short and easy. In two parts The First, Treating of the proper Positions and different Attitudes for Men and Women, from which all the Steps are taken and performed; adorned with instructive Figures: And a Description of the Minuet-Figure, shewing the beautiful Turns of the Body in that Dance: As also the Manner how Men and Women ought to walk gracefully with a genteel Behaviour upon all Occasions. Likewise the Ceremonial, as used at the King's Great Ball, and of behaving genteely at Regulated Balls. The Second, Of the Use and agreeable Motions of the Arms and Legs in taking their proper Movements, and forming the Contrast. With Figures for their better Explanation; In Sixty Draughts, done from the Life, and Engraved on Copper Plates. This Work will be very Useful to all Gentlemen and Ladies who take Delight in this Exercise, and to those which keep Boarding-Schools; for this will give their Scholars a just Notion of Address, a good Carriage, and genteel Behaviour. Done from the French of Monsieur Rameau, by J. Essex, Dancing-Master.

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The dancing-Master [electronic resource] : or, the whole art and mystery of dancing explained; And the Manner of Performing all Steps in Ball-Dancing made short and easy. In two parts The First, Treating of the proper Positions and different Attitudes for Men and Women, from which all the Steps are taken and performed; adorned with instructive Figures: And a Description of the Minuet-Figure, shewing the beautiful Turns of the Body in that Dance: As also the Manner how Men and Women ought to walk gracefully with a genteel Behaviour upon all Occasions. Likewise the Ceremonial, as used at the King's Great Ball, and of behaving genteely at Regulated Balls. The Second, Of the Use and agreeable Motions of the Arms and Legs in taking their proper Movements, and forming the Contrast. With Figures for their better Explanation; In Sixty Draughts, done from the Life, and Engraved on Copper Plates. This Work will be very Useful to all Gentlemen and Ladies who take Delight in this Exercise, and to those which keep Boarding-Schools; for this will give their Scholars a just Notion of Address, a good Carriage, and genteel Behaviour. Done from the French of Monsieur Rameau, by J. Essex, Dancing-Master.

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Publisher

London : printed, and sold by him [i.e. J. Essex] at his house in Rood-Lane, Fenchurch street; and J. Brotherton, Bookseller, at the Bible in Cornhill, M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]

Uniform title

Maı̂tre à danser. English.

Date

M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]

Record Identifier

74Vvb8aozgOg

MMS ID

991014930249702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[4],iii-xxxii,160p.,plates ; 4°.

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Publisher

London : printed, and sold by him [i.e. J. Essex] at his house in Rood-Lane, Fenchurch street; and J. Brotherton, Bookseller, at the Bible in Cornhill, M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]

Edition

The second edition.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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The dancing-Master [electronic resource] : or, the whole art and mystery of dancing explained; And the Manner of Performing all Steps in Ball-Dancing made short and easy. In two parts The First, Treating of the proper Positions and different Attitudes for Men and Women, from which all the Steps are taken and performed; adorned with instructive Figu...

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Notes

General note

A reissue of the 1728 edition with new initial bifolium containing recommendatory notices on the verso of the first leaf.

In this issue most of the plates are signed: "G: Alsop delin:" or "G: A: delin".

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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991014930249702626