Hieronymi // Mercurialis De arte gymnastica libri sex. In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum, genera, loca modi, facultates et quidquid denique ad corporis humani eaxercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur / [Girolamo Mercuriale].
- Mercuriale, Girolamo, 1530-1606.
- Date:
- M D LXXXVII [i. e. 1587]
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De arte gymnastica. Latin. 1587
Publication/Creation
Venetiis : Apud Iuntas, M D LXXXVII [i. e. 1587]
Physical description
12 unnumbered pages, 308 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves (last blank) : illustrations, plans, woodcuts ; (4to)
Edition
Tertia editione correctiores /
Notes
Colophon, X5 verso: Venetiis, Apud Iuntas. // M D LXXXVII
Signatures: *⁶, (*1 verso, blank), A-C⁸, D 10, E-S⁸, T 10, V⁸, X⁶ (X6 blank)
Errors in pagination: 51 unnumbered; 53 used three times; 55 and 56 each used twice; 57 and 305 wrongly numbered 17 and 283
Device: fleur-de-lys and initials "L A" within frame of fauns
Mainly a page-for-page reprint of the 2d ed., 1573. The woodcut illustrations are crude copies of those designed for the author by Pirro Ligorio and cut by Cristoforo Coriolani. Cf. Pre-1956 imprints
Initials; tail-pieces
Listed in Brit. Mus. cat. First ed. in H. M. Adams, Cat. of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600.
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Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/B/4226