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• Dance -- Early works to 1800
• History -- Early works to 1800

• A Treatise on the Art of Dancing (London: Printed for the author, 1772), by Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
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• De la saltation théatrale (Chez Barrois l'aîné, libraire ..., 1790), by M. de L'Aulnaye, Jacques-Gabriel Clousier, and Louis-François Barrois (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dialogo sopra le antiche saltazioni (s.n., in the 1760s), by Pierantonio Gaetani (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The Dance, Ancient and Modern, trans. by Arabella E. Moore (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Dance: Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Dancing, by Lady Frazer, illust. by Percy Macquoid (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Amateur's Vademecum: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Dancing, by E. B. Reilley (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Code of Terpsichore, by Carlo Blasis (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Sketches Relative to the History and Theory, but More Especially to the Practice of Dancing, by Francis Peacock (HTML and page images at LOC)
• A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Dancing, by James P. Cassidy (HTML and page images at LOC)
• A Treatise on the Use and Peculiar Advantages of Dancing and Exercises, Considered as a Means of Refinement and Physical Development, by Francis Mason (page images and partial HTML at LOC)
• La danse et les ballets depuis Bacchus jusqu'à mademoiselle Taglioni (Paulin, 1832), by Castil-Blaze (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire anecdotique et pittoresque de la danse chez les peuples anciens et modernes ... (A. Aubry, 1854), by F. Fertiault (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der tanz (Volksverband der bücherfreunde, Wegweiser-verlag g.m.b.h., 1925), by Max von Boehn and Volksverband der Bücherfreunde (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Borzoi book of modern dance. (A. A. Knopf, 1949), by Margaret Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dramas and dramatic dances of non-European races in special reference to the origin of Greek tragedy, with an appendix on the origin of Greek comedy (The University press, 1915), by William Ridgeway (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire générale de la musique et de la danse (Au comptoir des Imprimeurs unis, 1844), by J. Adrien de La Fage (page images at HathiTrust)
• Curiosités de l'Opéra (Calmann Lévy, 1883), by Théodore de Lajarte (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)
• Istorii͡a tant͡sev. (S.-Peterburg, 1913), by S N Khudekov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der Mimus; ein litterar-entwickelungsgeschichtlicher Versuch (Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1903), by Hermann Reich (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Musik und tanz bei Casanova (Gesellschaft deutscher bücherfreunde in Böhmen, 1924), by Paul Nettl (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dancing in all ages (S. Sonnenschein & co., lim., 1899), by Edward Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of dancing. (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & co., 1906), by Reginald St.-Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dance, the story of the dance told in pictures and text. (Tudor, 1946), by John Joseph Martin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jazzund Shimmy. Brevier der neuesten Tänze. (Eysler, 1921), by F. W. Koebner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sittengeschichte des Theaters; eine Darstellung des Theaters, seiner Entwicklung und Stellung in zwei Jahrtausenden. Mit zirka 200 ein- und mehrfarbigen Illustrationen und Kunstbeilagen. (Verlag für Kulturforschung, 1925), by Leo Schidrowitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Geschichte der tanzkunst bei den cultivirten völkern von den ersten anfängen bis auf die gegenwärtige zeit. (J. J. Weber, 1862), by Albert Czerwinski (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of dancing from the earliest ages to our own times (Heinemann, 1898), by Gaston Vuillier and Joseph Grego (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Tanz. Mit Buchschmuck von Karl Walser, und hundert Kunstbeilagen. (Bard, Marquardt & Co., 1906), by Oskar Bie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Histoire anecdotique et pittoresque de la danse chez les peuples anciens et modernes...Par F. Fertiault... (Auguste Aubry, 1854), by F. Fertiault (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of dancing from the earliest ages to our own times; from the French of Gaston Vuillier; with a sketch of dancing in England, by Joseph Grego... [2. ed.] (D. Appleton & Co., 1898), by Gaston Vuillier and Joseph Grego (page images at HathiTrust)
• La danza. Riduzione dal francese, con un capitolo aggiunto sulla coreografia italiana. Dono agli abbonati del Corriere della Sera (edizione fuori commercio). (Tip. del Corriere della Sera, 1899), by Gaston Vuillier (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dance; its place in art and life, by Troy and Margaret West Kinney... (F. A. Stokes Co., 1914), by Troy Kinney and Margaret West Kinney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Variete. Mit 24 Vollbildern und 104 Textillustrationen; Umschlagzeichnung von Louis Morin, Schlussvignette von Fidus. (J. Bard, 1902), by Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dancing, ancient and modern. (D. Appleton & Co., 1912), by Ethel L. Urlin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dancing, ancient and modern. (D. Appleton & Co., 1914), by Ethel L. Urlin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Tanz. (Velhagen & Klasing, 1903), by Karl Storck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The story of minstrelsy. (Walter Scott Publishing Co., ltd.;, 1907), by Edmondstoune Duncan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dancing (Longmans, Green, 1895), by Lilly Grove Frazer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Here we go round; the story of the dance (W. Morrow & Co., 1928), by Evelyn Sharp (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dance (National Society of Music, 1916), by Ivan Narodny (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dansen : dess utveckling från urtiden till danspalatsens tidevarv (Söderström & Co., 1918), by Matts A. Stenström (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der Tanz und seine Geschichte; eine kulturhistorischchoreographische Studie. Mit einem Lexikon der Tänze. (Seehagen, 1869), by Rudolph Voss (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire générale de la danse, sacrée et prophane (Forni, 1972), by Jacques Bonnet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La danza, riduzione dal francese con un capitolo aggiunto sulla coreografia italiana. Dono agli abbonati del Corriere della se a (edizione fuori commercio) (Tip. del Corriere della sera, 1899), by Gaston Vuillier (page images at HathiTrust)
• The religious ceremonies and customs of the several nations of the known world. Represented in above an hundred copperplates designed by the famous Picart. Together with historical explanations, and several curious dissertations. Written origianally in French; and now published in English, with very considerable amendments and additions ... (Printed for Nicholas Prevost, and comp., 1731), by Jean Frédéric Bernard and Bernard Picart (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dance; historic illustrations of dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. (J. Bale, sons & Danielsson, ltd., 1911) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La danse ancienne et moderne, ou Traité historique de la danse. (chez J. Neaulme, 1754), by Louis de Cahusac (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Tanz (Velhagen & Klasing, 1903), by Karl Storck and Marian Hannah Winter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le danze storiche dei secoli XVI., XVII.e XVIII. (G.B.Paravia etc., 1889), by Leopoldo Mastrigli (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire pittoresque de la danse (H. Noble, 1897), by Henri de Soria (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Tanz. Zweite erweiterte und zum zahlreiche neue Bilder verbesserte Auflage... Buchausstattung von Karl Walser. (J. Bard, 1919), by Oskar Bie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The dance; historic illustrations of dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D., by an antiquary. (John Bale, Sons, & Danielson, ltd., 1911) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Brevier der Tanzkunst: die Tänze bei den Kulturvölkern... (O. Spamer, 1881), by Albert Czerwinski (page images at HathiTrust)
• Éloge de la danse. Avec un dessin original de G. Van Houten. (Éditions E. Sansot, R. Chiberre, successeur, 1921), by F. Jean-Desthieux (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le livre de la danse; d'après le chevalier de Cahusac, le père Ménétrier, Vestris... (Ch. Ploche), by Eugène Voestyn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La danse: comment on dansait, comment on danse. Technique de Mme Berthe Bernay. Notation musicale de MM Francis Casadesus et Jules Maugué. Illustrations de M. Valvérane. (Garnier Frères, 1900), by Raoul Charbonnel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La danse... son utilité, sa rénovation. (Librairie universitaire J. Gamber, 1914), by Fernand Delzangles (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lettres et entretiens sur la danse ancienne, moderne, religieuse, civile, et théâtrale. (Dondey-Dupré Père, 1824), by A. Baron (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brevier der Tanzkunst; die Tänze bei den Kulturvölkern von den ältesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart. (Leipzig, 1879), by Albert Czerwinski (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur geschichte des gesellschaftstanzes im 18. jahrhundert. (E. Strache, 1920), by Robert Lach (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Geschichte des Tanzes (Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1926), by John Schikowski (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tanec : projev života a umění (Praha : F. Topič, [1917], 1917), by Emanuel Siblík (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Scultura vivente. (L'Eroica, 1928), by Anton Giulio Bragaglia (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handbuch des Tanzes, von Dr. Werner Schuftan; mit einem Vorwort von Rudolf von Laban. (Deutscher Chorsängerverband und Tänzerbund e.V., 1928), by Werner Schuftan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le théâtre (mystères, tragédie, comédie) et la musique (instruments, ballet, opéra) jusqu'en 1789. (Firmin-Didot, 1887), by Paul Louisy and P. L. Jacob (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dance; an historical survey of dancing in Europe, by Cecil J. Sharp...and A. P. Oppé. (H. & T. Smith, ltd., 1924), by Cecil James Sharp and A. P. Oppé (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sittengeschichte des Intimen: Bett, Korsett, Hemd, Hose, Bad, Abtritt. Die Geschichte und Entwicklung der Intimen Gebrauchsgegenstände. Mit zirka 200 ein- und mehrfarbigen Illustrationen und Kunstbeilagen. (Verlag für Kulturforschung, 1927), by Leo Schidrowitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tanzkunst. Mit 24 Bildtafeln. (C. Dünnhaupt, 1926), by Fritz Böhme (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der Tanz. Dritte erweiterte Auflage mit einhundert Kunstbeilagen... Buchausstattung von Karl Walser. (Julius Bord, 1923), by Oskar Bie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das Tanzbuch, von Hans W. Fischer. Als Anhang: Drei Tanzspiele. (A. Langen, 1924), by Hans W. Fischer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Mode; Menschen und Moden ... (F. Bruckmann, 1913), by Max von Boehn and Oskar Fischel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The dance: its origin, psychology and philosophy. (Pythagorean Society, 1948), by John Helen Manas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• ...Der Tanz als Kunstwerk. (Bard, Marquardt & Co., 1905), by Oskar Bie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La passion du jour; la danse à travers les âges et les pays, les grandes danseuses européennes. (La Revue des Indépendants, 1927), by Paul Agnel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tanz in dieser Zeit (Universal-Edition, 1926), by Paul Stefan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Dance, ed. by Ivan Narodny and Daniel Gregory Mason, contrib. by Anna Pavlova (Gutenberg ebook)

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