Hieronymi Mercurialis Foroliviensis De arte gymnastica libri sex : in quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum genera, loca, modi, facultates, & quidquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet diligenter explicatur.

Errata, last p.Includes index.Signatures: pi⁴ **1 A-3G⁴ 3H².Added etched t.p. by Romeyn de Hooghe. In-text woodcut ill., some full page, and a few engravings. Plates include both engravings and etchings. Engraved t.p. vignette by Abraham Blooteling.First published Venice, 1569, without ill.; see Brunet. Woodcut illustrations are those cut by Coriolanus after drawings by Pirro Ligorio for later Junta eds. in Venice; see Frisius's preface."Elenchus auctorum"--3C2v-3C4v.BrunetMode of access: Internet.On verso of engraved title is gift plate dated 1808 of James Yorke, Bishop of Ely, leaving this book to his successors. Leonard Baskin's initial B written after signature letters L and 2L, with date 1971 after the first. Inscription in Baskin's hand on back pastedown: "Deighton Bell" [booksellers], followed by price code and 1971, and with his printed labels for Fort Hill and Lurley Manor on front pastedown.Binding: vellum. Lapped foredges. Author & title in gilt on spine label. Edges red