Contredanses pour le Piano-forte, composées par Baudouin, chef d'orchestre des Bals de la Cour, du Jardin Beaujon et des fêtes de Tivoli. Oblong 24mo. Illustrated box ("L'Indicateur") containing loose sheets, as issued: Title; Nos. 1 - 10, each 2 pp. foldout music plus matched 1 p. dance illustration card [2 x 10 pp + 9 (of 10 plates)]. Scattered light foxing, one edge of the gilt stamped box lacking, else fine. Rare. Only one copy (Harvard) located in Worldcat, also lacking one plate. 

The foot of the title sheet advises that "the person who will play these contradances will give to one of the dancers the engraved illustration to execute" ("Nota. La personne qui jouera ces contredanses donnera à l'un des danseurs la figure gravée à l'exécuter").  The evocative illustrations of contemporary costume include the dance names and short printed sets of directions. The dances include:

No. 1. Pantalon
No. 2. Été
No. 3. Poule
No. 4. Trénis
No. 5. La promenade ; Le moulinet ; Chassez-huit
No. 6. Pantalon
No. 7. Été
No. 8. Pastourelle
No. 9. Les graces
No. 10. La promenade ; Le moulinet ; Chassez-huit

After the Restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1814, "dancing was especially popular during the Restoration, perhaps in reaction to the wars of the Republic and the Empire," Philip Mansel writes in Paris Between Empires: Monarchy and Revolution, 1814-1852. The poor and middle class could access public dance halls for affordable prices, but "the élite, however, danced in private houses....During the carnival of 1820 there was an especially large number of balls." (pp 165-166)

We have not been able to learn much about the composer,  Baudouin, described on the title as the Conductor of the Orchestra for the Court Balls, the Jardin Beaujon and the Tivoli Gardens. He appears as author on numerous sheet music publications, generally of dance music, issued in Paris from roughly 1813 - 1839.