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• Dance notation -- France -- 19th century

• Art of dancing cotillons (s.n.], 1827), by E. H. Conway (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lettres à Sophie sur la danse : suivies d'entretiens sur les danses ancienne, moderne, religieuse, civile et théâtrale (Dondey-Dupré père et fils, 1825), by A. Baron, Mark Edward Perugini, P. J. S. Richardson, and Royal Academy of Dancing (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Alphabet des Mouvements du Corps Humain: Essai d'Enregistrement des Mouvements du Corps Humain au Moyen des Signes Musicaux (in French; Paris: M. Zouckermann, 1892), by Vladimir Ivanovich Stepanov
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• For the Furthur Improvement of Dancing, by Raoul-Auger Feuillet, trans. by John Essex (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Grammar of the Art of Dancing, by Friedrich Albert Zorn, ed. by Alfonso Josephs Sheafe (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Laban's dance notation charts : Basic symbols taken from Dance script (Associated music publishers, inc., 1928), by Rudolf von Laban (page images at HathiTrust)
• Music and notation of Gathering peascods : from Country dance tunes, Set III ; and Country dance book, Part II (Novello & Co., Ltd., 1911), by Cecil James Sharp and Novello & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grammar of the art of dancing : theoretical and practical : lessons in the arts of dancing and dance writing (choreography) : with drawings, musical examples, choregraphic symbols and special music scores (Heintzemann Press, 1905), by Friedrich Albert Zorn and Alfonso Josephs Sheafe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grammar of the art of dancing, theoretical and practical : lessons in the arts of dancing and dance writing (choregraphy) with drawings, musical examples, choregraphic symbols, and special music scores (Dance Horizons, 1976), by Friedrich Albert Zorn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ballet studies : classroom combinations featuring specific steps and directions of the body as used in classical ballet (Dance Notation Bureau, 1960), by Ann Hutchinson Guest and N.Y.) Dance Notation Bureau (New York (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Kinetographie Laban (Universal-edition, 1928), by Rudolf von Laban (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Danse de salon (Éditions "Dansons", 1927), by A. Peter's (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Reading material. Series I-X. ([New York, 1951), by N.Y.) Dance Notation Bureau (New York (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Trattato del ballo nobile (Nella stamperia di Felice Mosca, 1728), by Giovanni Battista Dufort (page images at HathiTrust)

• Apegian ballroom dance notations. 2d ed. Notational revisions of the 2d ed. in collaboration with Bernie Sager. (Miami, Fla., 1961), by John Apegian Paige and Bernie Sager (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Die Tänze des xvi. Jahrhunderts und die alte französische Tanzschule vor Einführung der Menuett. Nach Jean Tabourot's Orchésographie herausgegeben von Albert Czerwinski ... Mit dem Portrait Thoinot Arbeau's, 34 figuren in Holzschnitt und 72 Notenbeispielen und Tanzmelodien. (Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1878), by Thoinot Arbeau and Albert Czerwinski (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orchésographie (F. Vieweg, 1888), by Thoinot Arbeau and Laure Fonta (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orchesography; a treatise in the form of a dialogue whereby all manner of persons may easily acquire and practice the honourable exercise of dancing. By Thoinot Arbeau [pseud.] Now first translated from the original edition published at Langres, 1588, by Cyril W. Beaumont. With a preface by Peter Warlock. (C. W. Beaumont, 1925), by Thoinot Arbeau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Dance writing: preliminary outline of a practical system of movement notation. (The author, 1939), by Sol Babitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Kineseography; the Loring system of dance notation by D. J. Canna and Eugene Loring. Illus. by James Raymond. (Academy Press, 1955), by D J. Canna and Eugene Loring (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The notation of movement; text, drawings and diagrams, by Margaret Morris, with an introduction by H. Levy. (K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., ltd., 1928), by Margaret Morris (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Rhythmographik (Tanznotenschrift) als Grundlage zum Selbststudium des Tanzes. Bearb. von Fritz Böhme. (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1919), by Olga Desmond and Fritz Böhme (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Plastique & technique, 1924; dance arranged by Veronine Vestoff. (Vestoff-Serova, 1924), by Veronine Vestoff (page images at HathiTrust)

• Variation of the Sugar plum fairy [from the Tschaikovski-Petipa ballet "The nutcracker"] as danced by Alicia Markova; in word notes and labanotation. (Dance Notation Bureau, 1957), by Ann Hutchinson Guest and Marius Petipa (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dance of the reed pipes from the Nutcracker, act II. Choreography in word notes and Labanotation. (Dance Notation Bureau, 1961), by Lev Ivanov and Ann Hutchinson Guest (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Black nag; English country dance, longways for three couples. As taught at Folk Dance Center of Philadelphia. Piano music: Country dance tunes, set 4, arr. by Cecil J. Sharp. Notated by Alice Lattimore. Simplified version. ([n.p.], 1960), by Alice Lattimore and Folk Dance Center of Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The little rag doll with the shoe button eyes; in Labanotation. Children's dance routine with word description. Choreographed by Gertrude Hallenbeck to the song by Milton Pascal and Gerald Marks. (M. Witmark, 1957), by Gertrude Hallenbeck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The teddy bears' picnic; in Labanotation. Children's dance routine with word description. Choreographed by Gertrude Hallenbeck to the song by Jimmy Kennedy and John W. Bratton. (M. Witmark, 1957), by Gertrude Hallenbeck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ballet studies; classroom combinations featuring specific steps and directions of the body as used in classical ballet. Elementary ballet and notation, leading into more detailed work both in movement and in the use of symbols. (Dance Notation Bureau, 1960), by Ann Hutchinson Guest (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ballet alphabet for beginners. (Dance Notation Bureau, 1957), by Ann Hutchinson Guest (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Schrifttanz. (Universal-Edition, 1928), by Rudolf von Laban (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Read and dance in labanotation. ([New York], 1963), by N.Y.) Dance Notation Bureau (New York and Billie Mahoney (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Reading material. Series I-X. ([New York, 1951), by N.Y.) Dance Notation Bureau (New York (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mimeographed elementary reading studies. (New York, 1951), by N.Y.) Dance Notation Bureau (New York (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Script dancing. La danse écrite. (Universal Edition, 1930), by Rudolf von Laban (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A dictionary of medical science ... (Henry C. Lea, 1874), by Robley Dunglison and Richard J. Dunglison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le roman alchimique, ou Les deux baisers (Michel Lévy frères, 1857), by Louis Lucas and Duveen Alchemy and Chemistry Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tragedie (Unione tipografico-editrice Torinese, 1926), by Alessandro Manzoni and Pietro Egidi (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• I Paralipomeni della Batracomiomachia e altre poesie ironiche e satiriche (Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese, 1927), by Giacomo Leopardi and Ettore Allodoli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Homenatge als Jochs Florals de Barcelona (Estampa la Renaxensa, 1925), by Jocs Florals de Barcelona and Jocs Florals de Barcelona. Consistori (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• [Igeret] : el Shimʻon Shemuʼel Duga (Columbia University Libraries, in the 19th century), by Yitsḥaḳ Firo, Naḥum Eliyahu, and Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Diem natalem regis Augustissimi Friderici Guilelmi IV idibus Octobr. H. XI. in aula Leopoldina mandato Universitatis Litterarum Vratislaviensis (Typis Universitatis, 1859), by August Rossbach, King of Prussia Frederick William IV, and Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave (page images at HathiTrust)

• Kjøbenhavn og Omegn. (1880) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Shōka shikunshi chō (880-03 Nagoya-shi : Kajita Bunkōdō, [1881], 1881), by Shōka Watanabe (page images at HathiTrust)

• La cura termale di Acqui : guida per i medici e per i balneanti (Francesco Casanova, 1877), by Giovanni Garelli and Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana (page images at HathiTrust)

• Anatomist. (T.H. Palmer, 1822), by Edward Ravenscroft (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dan. Marble ; a biographical sketch of that famous and diverting humorist, with reminiscences, comicalities, anecdotes, etc., etc. (Dewitt & Davenport, 1851), by Falconbridge, Robert Craighead, Nathaniel Orr, Samuel Wallin, William Croome, Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books, and De Witt & Davenport (page images at HathiTrust)

• Mimic Life, or, Before and Behind the Curtain: A Series of Narratives (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856), by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie (page images at MOA)

• Story of Jack Halyard, the sailor boy (Published by Uriah Hunt, 101 Market Street. And sold by the principal booksellers throughout the U. States. Stereotyped by L. Johnson., 1835), by William S. Cardell, Lawrence Johnson, Uriah Hunt, and M. T. Leavenworth (page images at HathiTrust)

• The wrecker (C. Scribner's Sons, 1891), by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne (page images at HathiTrust)

• On the wing. Rambling notes of a trip to the Pacific (Lee and Shepard, 1883), by Mary E. Blake and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks on the character and writings of John Milton; occasioned by the publication of his lately discovered Treatise on Christian doctrine. (B. Perkins and co., 1828), by William Ellery Channing (page images at HathiTrust)

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