COMPLETE TITLE: Notes upon Dancing. Historical and Practical. By C. Blasis. Followed by a History of the Royal and Imperial Academy of Dancing, at Milan, to which are added Biographical Notices of the Blasis Family, interspersed with various Passages on Theatrical Art.  Edited and translated, from the original French and Italian, by R. Barton. With Engravings.

This is a collection of writings by Blasis edited and translated from both French and Italian by R. Barton who wrote the Preface. This work is chiefly valuable for its information regarding the Blasis family and a classified list of the ballets written by Carlo Blasis.

RECENT EDITIONS:
Reprint of the first editions: Cambridge, Chadwyck-Healey Ltd., 1988.