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12mo (126 x 86 mm) 4 nn.ll., 52 pp. Original publisher’s boards (front hinge partly split).
1 in stock
Sabin, 50569; Brooks, 814.
First edition.
Printed in Parma by Bodoni at the time when Moreau de Saint-Méry (1750-1819) was appointed ambassador in Italy. During his stay he had assembled some notes under the title “notions coloniales”. These notes remained largely unpublished but the Moreau extracted his notes on dance and them produced by the famous printer.
“Dans ce délicieux morceau, dédié aux Créoles, Moreau retrace brièvement l’évolution de la danse, et étudie le rapport qui existe entre elle et le climat, les moeurs et les habitudes d’un peuple, pour arriver à une vive peinture de la danse sous les tropiques, et presqu’exclusivement aux Antilles, où elle devient, chez les Créoles, une sorte de frénésie” (Elicona, Moreau de Saint-Méry, p.145).
Text with deckle-edges and uncut.
Provenance: from the library of Gaétane Ricci S. Paul (printed bookplate and handwritten note).
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