Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Oct 20, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 255
MERCURIALI, Girolamo (1530?1606). De arte gymnastica libri ...
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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MERCURIALI, Girolamo (1530?1606). De arte gymnastica libri sex? Amsterdam: Andreae Frisii, 1672. 4to (235 x 187 mm). Engraved title?page by Romeyn de Hooghe, engraved vignette on printed title, 7 engraved plates (5 of them folding), 27 woodcuts in?text; many full page by Christoforo Coriolano. (Discrete marginal repair and also tiny scorch mark with hole not affecting text on verso on leaf A, lower corner of Ff torn). Contemporary full vellum (some rubbing to covers). FIRST DUTCH EDITION (the last edition) and the first appearance of the de Hooghe engraving. ?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, p. 310 describing the 1569 first edition).
