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Auction archive: Lot number 78

WILSON, Thomas The Complete System of English Country Dancin...

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$2,500
Auction archive: Lot number 78

WILSON, Thomas The Complete System of English Country Dancin...

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$2,500
Beschreibung:

WILSON, Thomas. The Complete System of English Country Dancing, Containing All the Figures Ever Used in English Country Dancing, with a Variety of New Figures, and New Reels, Composed expressly by the Author, and elucidated my means of Diagrams. Also Scientific Instructions for the Composing of Country Dances. London: Sherwood, Neeley and Jones, n.d. [ca 1815].
WILSON, Thomas. The Complete System of English Country Dancing, Containing All the Figures Ever Used in English Country Dancing, with a Variety of New Figures, and New Reels, Composed expressly by the Author, and elucidated my means of Diagrams. Also Scientific Instructions for the Composing of Country Dances. London: Sherwood, Neeley and Jones, n.d. [ca 1815]. 8 o . Five plates (two folding) and diagrams in text. Original boards, uncut (rebacked). Originally published in 1808 (see previous lot) and expanded in 1811 under the title An analysis of country dancing , this edition borrows extensively from earlier editions. As with earlier editions, the figures for English country dances are explained through text, tables, and diagrams. This edition contains an extensive discussion on music with ten musical examples scored for a treble instrument.

Auction archive: Lot number 78
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
2 December 2010, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

WILSON, Thomas. The Complete System of English Country Dancing, Containing All the Figures Ever Used in English Country Dancing, with a Variety of New Figures, and New Reels, Composed expressly by the Author, and elucidated my means of Diagrams. Also Scientific Instructions for the Composing of Country Dances. London: Sherwood, Neeley and Jones, n.d. [ca 1815].
WILSON, Thomas. The Complete System of English Country Dancing, Containing All the Figures Ever Used in English Country Dancing, with a Variety of New Figures, and New Reels, Composed expressly by the Author, and elucidated my means of Diagrams. Also Scientific Instructions for the Composing of Country Dances. London: Sherwood, Neeley and Jones, n.d. [ca 1815]. 8 o . Five plates (two folding) and diagrams in text. Original boards, uncut (rebacked). Originally published in 1808 (see previous lot) and expanded in 1811 under the title An analysis of country dancing , this edition borrows extensively from earlier editions. As with earlier editions, the figures for English country dances are explained through text, tables, and diagrams. This edition contains an extensive discussion on music with ten musical examples scored for a treble instrument.

Auction archive: Lot number 78
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
2 December 2010, New York, Rockefeller Center
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