Read's Characteristic National Dances; Including a Series of Tales by Popular Authors.
London: Read & Co.; Ackermann & Co. H Manderville, London: 10, Johnson's Court, Fleet Street; 96, Strand. Paris: 42, Rue Vivienne, 1853.
Price: $1,500.00
About the item
12 hand-coloured plates. 101pp. 4to. Half brown morocco. Fine. Bookplate of Sir David Salomons Bart. COPAC & World Cat show copies held at V&A and the National Art Gallery only.
Item #375057
Dances include: The Maypole Text by T. Frost; The Highland Fling, a Tale of Deeside. Text by E. Concanen; The Irish Jig, The Luck of Phil Doolan, text by R.H. Mason; The Minuet de la Cour: a Tale of the French Revolution, text by T. Frost; The Spanish Fandango, the Bride of the Bivouac, text by E. Concanen; The Neapolitan Dance: Bianca, the Fisherman's adopted Daughter, text by E. Concanen, Esq.; The Swiss Dance; The Grecian Dance; The Mexican Jarabe Dance; Chinese Sun & Moon Dance; The Hindostanee Shawl Dance and much more.
