The art of dancing explained by reading and figures; whereby the manner of performing the steps is made easy by a new and familiar method
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
Early works
12 preliminary leaves, [3]-159, [1] pages frontispiece (portrait) 37 plates 30 x 23 cm
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Many of the plates contain tunes for the dances which they illustrate
The frontispiece is dated 1754