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Acrobats and Mountebanks
Hugues Le Roux, Jules Garnier (ill.), A. P. Morton (trans.) · Chapman & Hall · 1890
Why this source matters
A richly illustrated 1890 survey of European acrobatic professions — contortionists, equilibrists, adagio and strength acts — written from close observation of the performers and their training. The best free primary source on pre-modern acrobatic technique.