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MERCURIALE, GIROLAMO. De arte gymnastica libri sex . . . editio novissima. 5 folding engraved plates; 2 plans on single folding leaf; one engraved and 27 woodcut illustrations. [10], 387, [41] pages, including etched additional title. 4to, 230x182 mm, contemporary vellum boards with ink spine title, covers soiled; occasional foxing or browning of text, small dampstain in outer margin of plates facing page 194, plate facing page 236 foxed, dampstain in lower outer corner of index leaves. Rush Medical College Library stamp on title and in text. Amsterdam: Andreas Frisius, 1672
"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). Krivatsy 7785 (this edition).
