Title: The art of dancing explained by reading and figures
Description: The title page indicates the book was completed in 1724. However, the cost of the thirty-five full-page plates precluded publication until 1735. In this treatise of two parts, Tomlinson (c. 1690-1753?) sets forth the principles of Baroque dance. Book one covers description of twenty nine steps; book two discusses the minuet, including four methods of performing the minuet step.
Subjects: Dance, Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals, Early works to 1800, Handbooks, manuals, Minuet (Dance), Dance notation