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The danciad, or, Companion to The modern ball room, comprising a collection of the principal new dances, as used in Europe, for 1832
The danciad, or, Companion to The modern ball room, comprising a collection of the principal new dances, as used in Europe, for 1832
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The danciad, or, Companion to The modern ball room, comprising a collection of the principal new dances, as used in Europe, for 1832

Date1832
Names
Alternate Title
  • Companion to The modern ball room Danciad
  • Companion to The modern ball room Danciad.
Format
Notes
The danciad, or, Companion to The modern ball room, comprising a collection of the principal new dances, as used in Europe, for 1832. ''Comprising a collection of the principal new dances, in which the method of dancing them is fully explained. Also, a variety of figures of the most popular quadrilles, gallopade, mazourkas, mescolanze, contre, Spanish, Swedish, and other dances, which with The danciad forms a complete companion to The modern ball room by--W.G. Wells''--p. [i]. Housed in a case (21 x 13 cm).
Subject
Region or district:Europe
Medium
Dimensions||11 cm.||
Extent
  • 11 cm.
Language
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131116770843D
Dewey Number2969023
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