Caroso, Fabritio. Franco, Giacomo, 1550-1620. text In Venetia : Presso il Muschio, M.DC. [1600] ita In this significant manual detailing late-Renaissance Italian court dance, dancing master Caroso redefines and, in some cases, corrects information found in his first treatise, Il ballarino (1581). The manual gives rules for sixty-eight steps and contains specific choreographies for forty-nine dances. Many dances are preceded by full-page illustrations and each dance is provided with appropriate music written in Italian lute tablature and/or mensural notation. This manual was reissued in 1630 under the title, Raccolata di variji balli. Title within engraved architectural border ornamented with vignettes of instrumentalists, a portrait of the author, etc. Head- and tailpieces; initials. The illustrations consist of 10 full-page engravings by Giacomo Franco; 8 of them, figures of dancers, occur from 2 to 7 times each. Part 2 has special half-title: Della Nobilta di dame ... libro secondo, nelquale s'insegnano varie sorti di balletti, cascarde, tordiglione, passo e mezzo, pauaniglia, canario, & gagliarde ... The music, through p. 148, is in both tablature and ordinary notation; throughout the rest of the book, in tablature only. Second edition; 1st edition published 1581 under title: Il ballarino. A reissue of the 2d edition, entitled "Raccolta di varij balli fatti in occorenze di nozze, e festini" appeared in 1630. Page 200 misnumbered 100. "Ad instantia dell'auttore." Dance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Early works to 1800. Dance music--17th century. Duets (Unspecified instrument and continuo)--17th century. Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals. Music for Dance. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/muspre1800.100017