1st Set of the Nobilities Quadrilles, Containing 1) La Berry 2) La Serante 3) La Chasse 4) Di Tanti Palpiti from Tancredi 5) Carnival of Venice 6) Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, with proper figures, French & English, as Performed at Almack's, The Argyll Rooms, and all the Nobilities Balls, arranged for the Piano Forte or Harp, by W. Adams.In 1821 George Shade comissioned and published this first set of Nobilities Quadrilles, he would go on to issue a second set in 1822. This initial publication was composed by W. Adams. The copy of the publication seen here is unfortunately missing the final page. The second set can be found here: https://archive.org/details/shades-2nd-nobilities-quadrilles .This set of quadrilles are approximately what one would expect of a publication from 1821, they don't stand out from the many dozens of similar publications issued in London at around the same date. The cover claims that these Quadrilles were "as performed" at several important London dance venues, that claim probably refers to the dance figures rather than to the music however. These quadrilles were arranged to be compatable with figures of the "First Set" of Quadrilles (sometimes referred to as "the first set of Quadrilles to be danced in Britain") as published from late 1815 or early 1816 by Edward Payne, James Paine and others. Most Quadrille sets published in the early 1820s were similarly structured.George Shade ran a music shop in Soho Square. He advertised this collection to be available for sale for 2s6d in Johnson's Sunday Monitor for the 7th of January 1821. Whereas the price advertised on the cover is 3s.