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001 $ 12/2188
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20231017124517.7
035 # # $z 15649
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Austin, Gilbert
245 1 0 $a Chironomia, or, A treatise on rhetorical delivery : $b comprehending many precepts, both ancient and modern, for the proper regulation of the voice, the countenance, and gesture. Together with an investigation of the elements of gesture, and a new method for the notation thereof; illustrated by many figures. / $c by the Reverend Gilbert Austin.
260 # # $a London $b Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand; by W. Bulmer, and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's $c 1806
300 # # $a [4], xiii, [3], 583, [17] pages, 12 leaves of plates (1 fold.): $b illus.; $c 273 mm.
500 # # $a The work is dedicated by the author to the Right Honourable Francis William, Earl of Charlemont ('one of the earliest of his pupils in his affection and respect'). The twelve plates follow the text and illustrate the various physical gestures and attitudes described in the text.
563 # # $a Quarter bound in brown leather with spine title in gilt on a red label, 'Austin's / Chironomia'.
653 # # $a Oratory - Gesture - Voice - Elocution
700 1 # $a Charlemont, Francis Caulfield, 2nd Earl of $e dedicatee
710 2 # $a Cadell and Davies (London) $e publisher
710 2 # $a W. Bulmer and Company (London) $e printer