Richard Rödiger’s Takt und Ton im geselligen Verkehr is a German-language guide to manners and conduct in polite society, including the commands for the quadrille and the française dances. It instructs the reader in social etiquette, with attention to deportment, dress, and the proper bearing of the well-mannered.
A handbook of nineteenth-century gentility, it ties correct appearance to social grace and good breeding. This work is in German. It will chiefly serve readers of the language. The guide is offered here as a free EPUB download. Documenting both etiquette and the figures of fashionable dances, it offers a window onto the social rituals and self-presentation of nineteenth-century polite society.