Pamphlet volume of 55 leaflets (4 p. each) containing music, instructions and choreographic notations for the dances.
Ms. inscription facing t. p. of 1st leaflet: A collection of cottillions [sic] belonging to Thuillier, dancing master in London 1773 and since at Truro, Falmouth & other towns in the county of Cornwall.
Originally published separately (ca. 1765-ca. 1775) as serially numbered parts of the collections of Landrin, Lahante, Castagnery and other Parisian music dealers.
Numbered in ms., with ms. table of contents (3 p. at end).
Bound at end of vol. are 2 unnumbered, undated pamphlets: Principes d'allemandes, par Mr. Dubois (Paris), 13 leaves, 12 engr. plates (lacking t. p. and leaf 1); and Recueil de six menuets et six allemandes par Mr. Dubois (Paris), 13 p. of music. (Cf. additional copies of both titles in *MGO p.v. 23-Res., no. 3, 4)
Duplicate copy of 1st leaflet, Les charmes de la France, contre-danse allemande et française ... par Bacquoy-Guédon, laid in.
Author
Thuillier, dancing master, active 1773. Compiler
Title
[Contradances by Bacquoy-Guédon, Landrin, Lahante, Dubois and others.