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Mercuriale, Girolamo Hieronymi Mercurialis de Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex. Venice: Apud Iuntas...
Mercuriale, Girolamo
Hieronymi Mercurialis de Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex. Venice: Apud Iuntas [Lucantonio Giunta], 1601. 4to, full leather; 23 full-page and one double-page illus, printer's device on title and at colophon, decorated initials and tail-pieces. Fourth ed.
First published in 1569, this was one of the first books on sports medicine. Mercuriale stressed the importance of excercise for health, drawing heavily on the classical world for support.
Hieronymi Mercurialis de Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex. Venice: Apud Iuntas [Lucantonio Giunta], 1601. 4to, full leather; 23 full-page and one double-page illus, printer's device on title and at colophon, decorated initials and tail-pieces. Fourth ed.
First published in 1569, this was one of the first books on sports medicine. Mercuriale stressed the importance of excercise for health, drawing heavily on the classical world for support.
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