Each leaf has a single line of music at the top, with dance notation beneath it.
Possible 1st ed.; engraved throughout
This ballroom dance for one couple, preserved in Feuillet notation, was choreographed by English dancing master Mr. Isaac (c.1640-1720) to music composed by James Paisible (died 1721). The eight couplet dance is in duple meter. The dance notation system, first published by dancing master Raoul-Auger Feuillet (1659 or 1660-1710), is based on tract drawings that trace the pattern of the dance. Additionally, bar lines in the dance score correspond to bar lines in the music score. Signs written on the right or left hand side of the tract indicate the steps.
De la Garde, Mr.
Paisible, James, 1656?-1721.
Mellon, Paul, Mrs., donor.
Walsh, I., bookseller.
Hare, I., bookseller.