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MERCURIALE, GIROLAMO. De arte gymnastica, libri sex . . . tertia editione correctiores & auctiores facti. 24 woodcut illustrations, all but the last full-page. [12], 308 [i. e., 312], [26] pages. 4to, disbound; title soiled, with old signatures, ink accession number on verso, institutional stamp on next page. Venice: apud Juntas, 1587
Reprinted from the 1573 first illustrated edition, also from the Giunta press. "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"--Garrison-Morton 1986.1 (1569 original edition, unillustrated). Durling 3090 (this edition).
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