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Gymnastic. MERCURIALE. De arte gymnastica libri sex.
Gymnastic. MERCURIALE. De arte gymnastica libri sex.
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MERCURIALE, Girolamo. De arte gymnastica libri sex, in quibus exercitationum omnium Vetustarum genera, loca, modi, facultatesm & quidquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur.Venezia, Giunta, 16014to gr.;230x160 mm; Leg. in piena pergamena rigida, tit. mss. sul dorso; pp. 16 nn. (incl. Front.), 308, 28 nn.; Marca tip. al Front., ripresa più in grande all’ult. pag., Iniz. orn. e istor., fregi xil.; 25 tavole xil. a p.p. n.t.. Alcune note manoscritte marginali. Bruniture e tracce di gora alle prime e ultime carte, buon esemplare.Bella e rara edizione figurata veneziana del primo libro interamente dedicato alla ginnastica. Mercuriale fu prof. di medicina a Bologna e a Pisa e fu il maggior studioso della materia nel suo tempo. Le splendide tavole raffigurano il pugilato, il gioco della palla, le lotte, esercizi di destrezza con funi e pertiche, il sollevamento di pesi, ecc. Adams M-1320; Harvard, Italian 302; Wellcome I, 4224; HBS 5792.
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Large 4to;230x160 mm; full stiff vellum binding; handwritten title on back, pp. 16 unnumbered (including titlepage), 308, 28 unnumbered; printer’s device on titlepage, repeated on last page; woodcut initial letters, and ornaments, 25 woodcut plates on full pages in the text. Stamp erased on titlepage, some hadwritten notes on margins. Brownings and tear of humidity on first and last leaves. God copy.
Beautiful and rare Venetian illustrated edition of the first book entirely dedicated to gymnastics. Mercuriale was a professor of medicine in Bologna and Pisa and was the greatest scholar of the subject in his time. The beautiful plates depict boxing, ball games, fights, dexterity exercises with ropes and poles, lifting weights, etc.
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