1830 Code of Terpsichore Art of Dancing Carlo Blasis Complete Plates + Quadrille
Published by Edward Bull, 1830
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar
AbeBooks seller since November 21, 2006
Condition: Used - Poor
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The Code of Terpsichore. The Art of Dancing: comprising its Theory and Practice and a History of its Rise and Progress from the Earliest Times: intended as well for the instruction of amateurs as the use of professional persons. C(arlo) Blasis, Principal Dancer at the King's Theatre, and Composer of Ballets.Ttranslated under the author s immediate inspection by R. Barton. London: Edward Bull, Holles Street. 1830. 548 p., 17 plates (with 2 No. 14s) + 22 p of Quadrilles. By Mr. Blasis. L'Aurore. 9 x 7.5", 8vo. In poor condition. As is. Front board detached from binding; rear board attached by cording only (very fragile). Marbled paper covered boards moderately scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine lacking (headbands lacking). Title label lacking. Spine desiccated & cracked in about three places. Rear hinge split. Previous ownership bookplate found on front paste-down: "Alfonso Josephs Sheafe." Previous ownership signature, in ink, found on front end-page: "J. Faulhaber. 326 Longurd Ave. Boston." Front end-page and fly-leaf detached from binding. Toning throughout text-block; instances of age-staining and finger-soiling. Binding is intact, but very fragile. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Carlo Blasis (1797 - 1878) was an Italian dancer and choreographer best know for his pedagogical work in developing a codified series of poses for dancers along with developing a theory of dance that involved a movement axis or vertical line through the pose as well as using mathematical geometry and physics to define and analyze movement. This is a copy of his text defining these and other theories on the development of dance movement. In one of those meta moments that seem to define book collecting, the bookplate of Alfonso Josephs Sheafe, an American dancer and writer who built on this work to write in the early twentieth century is inside the front. First Edition was published in 1828. This is a presumed Second Edition. RAREB1830MUVA - 08/18 FORN-SHELF-0460-BB-2410-HKREV97. …
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- Title
- 1830 Code of Terpsichore Art of Dancing Carlo Blasis Complete Plates + Quadrille
- Author
- C. Blasis
- Publisher
- Edward Bull
- Publication year
- 1830
- Condition
- Poor
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
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