Author: SACHS, C.,
Title: World History of the Dance. Transl. by B. Schönberg after the orig. german. 1st english edn.
Description: New York, 1937. large 8°. cloth, with dj.467pp. many ills. on 32 plates o.o.t., references, index. Describes extensively the dance in the broadest sense of the word, history & development, incl. i.a. notes & references to dances in Southeast Asia (a.o. the Javanese wayang kulit-play, the dance with the horse on Java, dances in Thailand, in China & Japan..), phallic dances, hypnotic dances, famous dance-masters.. An excellent work. Fine copy.(dj. frayed on rims, small particles gone).

Keywords: dance