GARCIN (Jean). Le vrai patineur ou principes sur l'art de patiner avec grâce. Paris, Delespinasse,1813, in-12, xxiv - 93 pp. - 1 bl. f., green half-rel. bas., smooth spine, decorated (binding rubbed). Rare ORIGINAL EDITION dedicated to Mlle Gosselin ainée, première danseuse de l'académie impériale de musique. First French treatise on the technique of ice skating. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 color plates. Uncommon copy with color plates. Small rest. tear to frontispiece, trace of letters on plate 5 stuck by ink on page 51. Some foxing and soiling.

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