DANCER PRAISED
Original price
£250.00
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Original price
£250.00
Original price
£250.00
£250.00
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£250.00
Current price
£250.00
[Frassi, Adelaide] Alla giovanetta Adelaide Frassi leggiadrissima danzatrice. Anacreontica. Padova, Tip. Penada 1839.
A charmingly spare Paduan gratulatory broadside to the ballet dancer Adelaide Frassi. It is signed, “alcuni ammiratori”.
“La vezzosetta Adele/ Nel moto delle membra,/ Nel brio, negli atti sembra/ Eufrosine gentil.”
Details
Broadside, 387 mm. x 284 mm. 16 lines verse + title, signature, imprint. Light stain at bottom.
Not in SBN or OCLC (01/21). A print illustrating this dancer (Livorno, c.1851) is located at NYPL, Jerome Robbins Dance Division.