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Gymnastics for Youth: Or a Practical Guide to Healthful and Amusing Exercises for the Use of ... 1800 [FULL LEATHER BOUND] by Christian Gotthilf Salzmann - 2019
by Christian Gotthilf Salzmann
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Gymnastics for Youth: Or a Practical Guide to Healthful and Amusing Exercises for the Use of ... 1800 [FULL LEATHER BOUND]
by Christian Gotthilf Salzmann
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2019. SUPER DELUXE EDITION. New. Antique look with Golden Leaf Printing and embossing with round Spine completely handmade binding(extra customization on request like Color Leather, Colored book, special gold leaf printing etc.) Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back [1800]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure in old look so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English, Pages 460. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED. (Normal Hardbound Edition is also available on request.)
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Gymnastics for Youth: Or a Practical Guide to Healthful and Amusing Exercises for the Use of Schools. ... Freely Translated from the German of C. G. Salzmann, ... Illustrated with Copper Plates.
by Christian Gotthilf Salzmann
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Gymnastics for Youth: Or a Practical Guide to Healthful and Amusing Exercises for the Use of Schools. ... Freely Translated from the German of C. G. Salzmann, ... Illustrated with Copper Plates
by Christian Gotthilf Salzmann
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Gymnastics for Youth: Or a practical Guide to healthful and amusing exercises for the use of Schools. An Essay toward the necessary improvement of education, chiefly as it relates to the body; freely translated from the German of C. G. Salzmann, master of the Academy at Schnep
by SALZMANN, Christian Gotthilf (attrib.)
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Philadelphia: William Duane,, 1802. Strong body, healthy mind First American edition, following the British of 1800, "a systematic and comprehensive manual of physical exercise" (Pfister, p. 164). This translation is sometimes attributed to Mary Wollstonecraft, and the illustrations are probably after designs by William Blake. The book is considered a foundation treatise on modern gymnastics. Borrowing from the Greek concept of gymnastics, the author takes the term to include all exercise, and includes chapters on running, wrestling, climbing, balance, vaulting, lifting, dancing, walking, and swimming. Following Rousseau, he focuses on the training of the human body in order to cultivate a strong and healthy mind. The book was printed across Europe in various translations. The translator, illustrator, and author are all disputed. The translation follows the original German edition of 1793 and is often taken to be by Mary Wollstonecraft, who had earlier translated Salzmann's Elements of Morality,…
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