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  by: Rameau, Pierre
  Published: (1731)
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• For the furthur improvement of dancing : A treatis of chorography or ye art of dancing country dances after a new character, In which The Figures Steps, & manner of Performing are describ'd, & ye Rules Demonstrated in an Easic method adapted to the meanest Capacity. Translated from the French of Monsr. Feuillet, and Improv'd Ivth. many additions, all fairly engrav'd on copper plates, and a new collection of country dances describ'd in ye same Character by John Essex Dancing master
  by: Feuillet, Raoul-Auger
  Published: (1710)
• A concise & easy method of learning the figuring part of country dances : by way of characters. To which is prefixed The figure of the minuet, by Nicholas Dukes, Dancing Master
  by: Dukes, Nicholas
  Published: (1752)
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  by: Gardiner, S. J.
  Published: (1786)