Reade, Brian — Ballet Designs and Illustrations 1581-1940
London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1967. Hardcover. Lapis blue cloth boards, gilt spine lettering, white dj with color illustration; [9], 58 pages color frontispiece, 175 plates (5 color). From the dust jacket: A pictorial survey of ballet history which, with plates and notes, offers the chief prints and drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum relating to the ballet in Europe. The Museum has unique designs for costumes and scenery in sixteenth century Italy, in France under Louis XIV, in nineteenth century England, and under Diaghiley in the early twentieth century. VG/G+. Jacket has some general wear like toning and scuffing. Bumping with small tears at head/tail of spine and some tearing along the rear edge. Book itself in very good condition.
