Cellarius, Henri, The drawing-room dances , 1847
- Title(s):
- The drawing-room dances / by Cellarius.
- Additional Title(s):
- Danse des salon. English. 1847
- Published/Created:
- London : E. Churton, 26, Holles-Street, 1847.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 149, [1] p., viii leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsGV1751 .C4513 1847Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3275676
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Translation from French into English of the author's La danse des salons, Paris, 1847.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in blind- and gold- stamped green publisher's cloth. Title stamped in gilt on upper board above a vignette of a couple dancing.
Engraved vignette on t.p.
Plate viii bound in as frontispiece.
Printed by J. Billing, Woking, Surrey.
A translation of La danse des salons (1847), this manual provides important information on mid-nineteenth-century ballroom dance. Following a format utilized by many manuals, the work begins with introductory comments on dance, followed by a description of the French quadrille. This is followed by discussion of round dances--the polka, numerous waltzes including waltz a trois temps, and waltze a deux temps--as well as steps and figures for another type of quadrille known as the mazurka quadrille. The manual contains eighty-three figures for a series of dance games, called the cotillion (also known as the German or German cotillon).
Illustrations by T.H. Jones; after Paul Gavarni. - Subject Terms:
- Amusements -- France -- 19th century.Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.Ballroom dancing -- 19th century.Balls (Parties) -- France -- 19th century.Balls (Parties) -- Great Britain -- 19th century.Billing, J. -- PrinterChurton, E. -- PublisherDance -- France -- 19th century.Dance -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain.France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
- Form/Genre:
- Wood engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1847.
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