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Venetiis: Apud Iuntas [Giunta Press], 1587. Third edition. Pirro Ligorio. Large 8vo, pp. [xii]. 308 [ie. 312]; [26]. Fleur-de-lys and initials "L A " with a frame of fauns on the title page. The 23 full page wood cuts are copies of those designed for the author by Pirro Ligorio (1510-1583) and cut by Cristoforo Coriolani. Bound in contemporary vellum (lacks 2 inches at the bottom of the spine, cut to the top of the spine), 18th century ownership mark on the corner of the title-page, some other holograph on the end paper, generally a very clean copy with wide margins. Durling 3090; Garrison-Morton 1986); the second edition of 1573 was the first illustrated book on gymnastics; Brunet III:1646; Wellcome IV, p.116; Olser 3387. Mainly a page for page reprint of the second edition of 1573. First published in 1569, it is "one of the earliest books to discuss the therapeutic value of gymnastics and sports generally for the cure of disease and disability, and an important study of gymnastics in the ancient…
Read More De Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex: In Quibus Exercitationum Omnum Vetustarum General, loca, mod, facultates, & quidquid ad Corporis Humani Exercitationes Pertinet Diligenter Explicatur. (Limited Edition #1006 of 2300 Copies in Slipcase; Facsimile Reprint of 1672 Ed.) by Mercurialis, Hieronymus; Editio Christophori Coriolani; Booklet Introduction by Dr. Christine Nutton - 1976
by Mercurialis, Hieronymus; Editio Christophori Coriolani; Booklet Introduction by Dr. Christine Nutton
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De Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex: In Quibus Exercitationum Omnum Vetustarum General, loca, mod, facultates, & quidquid ad Corporis Humani Exercitationes Pertinet Diligenter Explicatur. (Limited Edition #1006 of 2300 Copies in Slipcase; Facsimile Reprint of 1672 Ed.)
by Mercurialis, Hieronymus; Editio Christophori Coriolani; Booklet Introduction by Dr. Christine Nutton
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Stuttgart, West Germany and Ilkley, England: Editions Medicina Rara, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Quarto. 387, (41) pages, plus a 26 page booklet on the work by Dr. Christine Nutton. Hardcover bound in quarter brown leather with green and tan marbled paper-covered boards and a green slipcase. Slipcase is lightly rubbed. The binding of the book shows nearly no wear. This is copy 1006 of 2300 copies printed in quarter leather. Text is clean. A Facsimile Reprint of the 1672 Edition. No date; circa 1976 (one of the footnotes in the booklet is dated 1976). Considered one of the first books on physical therapy, body health, and sports medicine.
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DE ARTE GYMNASTICA LIBRI SEX; in quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum genera, loca, modi, facultates & quidquid denique as corporis humani eaxercitationes pertinet diligenter explicatur
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