[Ballet] The Works of Monsieur Noverre, translated from the French London: G. Robinson [and others], [1782]-3. First edition in English, 3 volumes in 1, 8vo (21.1 x 12cm), recent blue half morocco, half-title to each volume, engraved portrait frontispiece, pp. [9] vi-lxviii 227 [5], [4] 258, [6] vii-xi [3] 3-330, toning, light spotting, ownership inscription effaced from half-title, frontispiece browned and more heavily spotted, occasional pencil-markings [ESTC N25828]

Note: Very rare: ESTC traces nine copies in libraries world-wide; two copies traced at auction, the last in 1985. Jean-Georges Noverre's concept of ballet d'action revolutionised the performance of classical ballet. Volumes 1-2 comprise a translation of his Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets, first published in 1760; the third volume contains treatments of his ballets The Danaides, Rinaldo and Armida, Adela of Ponthieu, The Graces, The Horatii and Curiatii, Agamemnon Revenged, and Apelles and Campaspe.