La danse, ou, Les dieux de l'Opéra
Subtitle: poëme
By: par J. Berchoux
Publisher: Chez Giguet et Michaud ...
Published: 1806
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Poetry; Dance; Opéra de Paris. Ballet
Other titles: Danse; Dieux de l'Opéra
Notes: Epic poem inspired by rivalry between two leading dancers of the Paris Opéra, August Vestris and Louis Duport.

A virtual line-for-line reprint of the text of the first ed. (Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud, 1806), with text set in slightly smaller type. Headline on p. 19 reads: Caant I.

Signatures: 1-6⁶ (extent of Harvard Theatre Collection's copy).

Imperfect: wanting all after p. 72.

This copy has been completed by the addition of p. 53-[184] from the second ed. (Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud, 1808).

Bound in half calf and marbled boards, edges sprinkled brown (spine wanting).