Annotations in Spanish in brown ink include contemporary notes on dance, presumably in the hand of "Mollinedo," who inscribed the verso of the t.p. and p. 36. Front pastedown inscribed: "Henales."
Tercera impression.
"Explicacion del danzar a la francesa" (p. 1-22) comprises the original 1737 ed. Additions are as follows: "Explication para hazer los contratiempos de el minuete" (p. 23-36), based on works by Feuillet and Pécourt; "Explicacion del danzar a la española" (p. 37-53); "Danzas a la española para los que las han sabido, y se les han olvidado" (p. 53-72).
The unpaginated preliminary leaves following the t.p. and verso comprise: "Al lector" (2 p.), "Suma del privilegio" (dated 1737) (1 p.), "Advertencia" (3 p.)
Contains 25 woodcut and typographic diagrams of dance position and dance steps, and 1 engraved folded plate of musical notation (single line, treble clef) for the "pasapie" (1 unpaged folded leaf after p. 22)
Feuillet, Raoul-Auger, 1659 or 60-1710.
Pécourt, Guillaume Louis, 1653-1729.