P. Rameau. Le maître a danser, 1734

Rameau, Pierre

Le maître a danser, qui enseigne la maniere de faire tous les différens Pas de Danse dans toute la régularité de l'Art... nouvelle edition, Paris: Jean Villette fils, 1734

8vo (18.8 x 11.5cm), half-title, woodcut initials and headpieces, 60 engraved plates (4 folding), Dolmetsch Library stamp and pencil shelfmark ("II C 3") to verso of title-page, contemporary calf, gilt fillet border, spine gilt in compartments, red edges, one plate with shaved caption, occasional light browning, binding slightly worn, joints cracked

This is a reissue of the first edition of 1725 with a new title-page. "A classic manual of the dance setting down for the first time the essential five positions of the feet" (Magriel, p.131).

LITERATURE:

Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin, Dancing by the Book 104; RISM Écrits p.686