Colección de bailes de sala
Subtitle: y método para aprenderlos sin ausilio de maestro, dedicada a la juventud mexicana
By: por Domingo Ibarra
Contributors: Fernandez de Arce, Guadalupita, former owner; John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)
Publisher: Tip. de Nabor Chavez, 1860.
Published: 1860
Place of publication: Mexico City?], Mexico
Language: spa
Number of pages: 74
Subjects: Dance; Ballroom dancing
Other titles: Bailes de sala
Description: The first known Mexican dance instruction book, dedicated by Ibarra to the young people of Mexico in the hopes that dance will entice them away from unsavory forms of entertainment, such as gambling.
Notes: "Contiene las reglas generales del baile, conocimiento y método para ejecutar los pasos de que se componen los bailes mas generalizados, acompañándose para la mejor comprension de ellos seis láminas con diversas figuras litografiadas ... "

Music ([33] p. of plates at end) comprises previously published dance music, mostly for piano (one work for piano and guitar), by M. Bustamante, J. Rivera, E. Gavira, H. Cramer, M. Planas, S. Contla, J. Ortiz, A. Infante, and A. Leduc.