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3 - MERCURIALIS (Jérôme). De arte gymnastica libri sex. Second e…
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MERCURIALIS (Jérôme). De arte gymnastica libri sex. Second edition, expanded and illustrated with numerous figures. Venice, Juntas, 1573. [bound with] HALLER (Albert). Disputationes physico-medico anatomico-chirurgicae selectae. Volume VIII. Naples, Benedicti Gessari, 1757. In-4, [12], 312 (incorrectly paginated as 308), [28], first illustrated edition of the first book on gymnastics, following the original unillustrated version published in 1569, adorned with 24 woodcuts, including 23 full-page engravings attributed to Christophe Coriolano, depicting athletes, dance, discus, boxing, exercises, a gymnasium, weights, etc. The volume is bound together with Volume 8 of Haller’s *Disputatio*, illustrated with 7 plates, 6 of which are fold-out. Later half-basane binding, smooth spine with decoration. (handwritten bookplate removed, having stained the title page and the first few leaves; traces of marginal water stains; a few stains and foxing; a small marginal tear on leaf E7 of the *Mercurialis*; binding heavily rubbed with small areas of leather missing) Expert: Mr Nicolas Asvisio
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About the sale Classical and 20th-Century Art – Estate of Mrs B. and various others
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 2:30 PM
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