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Book/Printed Material An essays towards an history of dancing, in which the whole art and its various excellencies are in some measure explain'd. Containing the several sorts of dancing, antique and modern, serious, scenical, grotesque, &c. with the use of it as an exercise, qualification, Diversion, &c.

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  • An essays towards an history of dancing, in which the whole art and its various excellencies are in some measure explain'd. Containing the several sorts of dancing, antique and modern, serious, scenical, grotesque, &c. with the use of it as an exercise, qualification, Diversion, &c.

Names

  • Weaver, John, 1673-1760.

Created / Published

  • London : J. Tonson, 1712.

Headings

  • -  Dance

Medium

  • 4 p. l., 172 p. ; 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1601 .W36
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item W-012, Reel 206 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1984]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05028763

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  • image

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Weaver, John. An essays towards an history of dancing, in which the whole art and its various excellencies are in some measure explain'd. Containing the several sorts of dancing, antique and modern, serious, scenical, grotesque, &c. with the use of it as an exercise, qualification, Diversion, &c. London: J. Tonson, 1712. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/05028763/.

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Weaver, J. (1712) An essays towards an history of dancing, in which the whole art and its various excellencies are in some measure explain'd. Containing the several sorts of dancing, antique and modern, serious, scenical, grotesque, &c. with the use of it as an exercise, qualification, Diversion, &c. London: J. Tonson. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/05028763/.

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Weaver, John. An essays towards an history of dancing, in which the whole art and its various excellencies are in some measure explain'd. Containing the several sorts of dancing, antique and modern, serious, scenical, grotesque, &c. with the use of it as an exercise, qualification, Diversion, &c. London: J. Tonson, 1712. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/05028763/>.