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... de arte gymnastica libri sex,: in quibus exercitationum vetustarum genera, loca, modi, facultates, & quidquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur....
by Mercuriale, Girolamo
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About This Item
Venice: Giunta, 1587. Third edition. Fine. Quarto (25 cm); [12], 308, [28] pages, last two blank, including 21 full-page woodcut figures. In late 19th-century full red crushed morocco triple-ruled in gilt, with gilt-tooled spine in six compartments and gilt turn-ins over marbled endleaves by Belz-Niedrer. All edges gilt, fore-edge with hidden marbling (á la fore-edge painting). Very slight rubbing to upper joint, otherwise A FINE COPY, with remarkably bright and fresh strikings of the plates!
.References: Camerini 930; Durling 3090; Heirs of Hippocrates, 354; Garrison-Morton 1986.1 (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 world).
When Luc' Antonio Giunta first published this text in 1569, it had a single plate (showing the plan of an ideal gymnasium). The brilliant illustrations by Pirro Ligorio first appeared in 1573, and are printed here for a second time. The cuts may have been printed from freshly carved blocks, to judge from the freshness of the impressions in this copy. In any case, they betray a fond affection for physical culture, for bodies in training, and for the arts of wrestling, boxing, weightlifing, and resistance training.
.References: Camerini 930; Durling 3090; Heirs of Hippocrates, 354; Garrison-Morton 1986.1 (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 world).
When Luc' Antonio Giunta first published this text in 1569, it had a single plate (showing the plan of an ideal gymnasium). The brilliant illustrations by Pirro Ligorio first appeared in 1573, and are printed here for a second time. The cuts may have been printed from freshly carved blocks, to judge from the freshness of the impressions in this copy. In any case, they betray a fond affection for physical culture, for bodies in training, and for the arts of wrestling, boxing, weightlifing, and resistance training.
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- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6637
- Title
- ... de arte gymnastica libri sex,
- Author
- Mercuriale, Girolamo
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- Giunta
- Place of Publication
- Venice
- Date Published
- 1587
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- gymnastics physical culture sports men
- Bookseller catalogs
- Renaissance and Early Modern Humanism;
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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
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