La frayeur de Gonnesse [i.e. Gonesse], contre-danse franc̜oise
By: mis au jour et gravé par Landrin, m[ait]tre et compositeur des Traits des contre-danses.
Publisher: Chez Landrin, m[ai]tre de danse ét m[archan]d de musique au petit marché St. Germain au Dauphin ; Mlle. Castagnery ...
Published: 1783
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Format: Text
Subjects: Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823 -- Associated objects; Country-dance -- France; Dance notation; Dance -- France -- 1780-1790; Choreography -- France -- 1780-1790; Balloons (Aircraft) -- France -- Gonesse -- 1780-1790
Description: Contra-dance instruction manual with dance notation, a description of the dance figures, and music for bass and violin. Title page includes a picture of a man running or dancing near a flying balloon. Possibly a reference to Jacques Alexandre Charles' balloon, "The Globe," which landed at Gonesse, France, August, 27, 1783, and frightened the villagers.
Notes: No known restrictions on publication.
Title from item.
Tissandier collection.