Ballet.- [Ivchenko (Valerien I.)], "V.Svetlov". Sovremennyi Balet [The Modern Ballet], first edition, text in Russian, plates, illustrations and decorations, many by Bakst, some colour, many tipped in, original decorated cloth, uncut, rubbed, spine faded, joints split, corners a little worn, [Magriel p.113; Niles & Leslie p.504; cf. Beaumont p168 & Derra de Moroda 2453, French edition], 4to, St. Petersburg, 1911.
⁂ Scarce Russian first edition of one of the most important 20th century ballet books, published in French the following year as Le Ballet Contemporain. The work covers Petipa and the development of the Imperial Russian Ballet, Fokine, Isadora Duncan and other modern dancers, up to Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes.
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