A treatise on the art of dancing
By: by Giovanni-Andrea Gallini, director of the dances at the Royal Theatre in the Haymarket
Publisher: Printed for the Author; And sold by R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall, T. Becket, in the Strand, and W. Nicholl, in St. Paul's Church-Yard
Published: 1762
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Dance; Early works to 1800; Pantomime
Notes: First edition.

Signatures: pi⁴ A-H⁴ I⁴(±I1) K-2M⁴ 2N².

Error in paging: 141 misnumbered 14.

The plates are engraved; one depicts a costumed dancer, the other a Chinese ceremonial procession.

"Of pantomines:": p. [227]-292.

ESTC (RLIN), t100894.

From the collection of Edwin Binney 3rd.

Unidentified bookplate of a group of female dancers, signed: Deschamps.

Imperfect: wanting the half-title.

Bound in contemporary mottled calf, double gilt fillet border on covers, edges sprinkled red; in case.