Author: Binney, Edwin 3rd.
Title: Longing for the Ideal: Images of Marie Taglioni in the Romantic Ballet. [Published in]: Harvard Library Bulletin Volume XXXII, Number 2, Spring 1984.
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Library, 1984. 1984. - Octavo, 10-1/4 inches high by 6-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in light grayish-blue printed wraps with the Harvard Library Bulletin's monogram printed in brown on the front cover. The top corner of the front cover and the front edge of the rear cover are slightly creased. There is a glue stain (possibly from a label) along the left edge of the front cover and some light staining along the right edge of the rear cover. [100] pages in all, consisting of [2] leaves and pages 105-200, with several illustrations throughout including a full-page illustration of Marie Taglioni in La Gitana, and 2 other full-page illustrations of the ballerina. The front edges of the pages are lightly creased. Very good.

In addition to Edwin Binney, 3rd's essay on Marie Taglioni, the journal includes Mark Hammond's essay on "The Library of Kirkland House -- The John Hicks House" and Juan Marichal's "Bolivar and the Age of Constitutions". Very good .

Keywords: DANCE; BALLET; EDWIN BINNEY, 3RD; LONGING FOR THE IDEAL: IMAGES OF MARIE TAGLIONI IN THE ROMANTIC BALLET; HARVARD LIBRARY BULLETIN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY; JOURNAL; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; BIOGRAPHICAL; MARK HAMMON

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