Title: Asa Willcox's book of figures, 1793
First published: 1918
Description: Based on an original manuscript published in 1793 and located in Chicago's Newberry Library, this modern version notes that the "spelling, capitalization, punctuation and underlining of the original have been scrupulosly followed, occasionally at the expense of clearness" (pg. ii). The manuscript contains one- or two-sentence descriptions of figures for thirty-eight country dances (dances that consisted of a series of figures and danced by a column of men facing a column of women).
Subjects: Country-dance, Early works to 1800, Handbooks, manuals, etc, Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals, Handbooks, manuals, Country dancing
LC classification: GV1595 .W5