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MERCURIALE, Girolamo. De Arte Gymnastica libri sex. Paris: Jacques du Puys, 1577.
4° (226 x 167mm.). 24 woodcut illustrations. (Title lightly soiled, repair to upper margin of first three leaves, repairs to G2, O1 and CCc1, small hole in T2, some marginal browning.) Late 16th/early 17th century calf, covers with gilt armorial of Sir Christopher Hatton (rebacked). Provenance: Sir Christopher Hatton K.B. (died 1619, binding).
FIRST FRENCH EDITION of Mercuriale's famous work on exercises and games of the ancients.
4° (226 x 167mm.). 24 woodcut illustrations. (Title lightly soiled, repair to upper margin of first three leaves, repairs to G2, O1 and CCc1, small hole in T2, some marginal browning.) Late 16th/early 17th century calf, covers with gilt armorial of Sir Christopher Hatton (rebacked). Provenance: Sir Christopher Hatton K.B. (died 1619, binding).
FIRST FRENCH EDITION of Mercuriale's famous work on exercises and games of the ancients.