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MONTIS, Petrus de (ca. 1460-ca. 1530). De dignoscendis hominibus. Translated by Gonsalvo Ayora. Milan: Antonio Zaroto, 17 December 1492.
2o (276 x 192 mm). Collation: A10 a-z8 &8 8 8 10 (A1r title, A1v blank, A2r table of contents, A8v preface by Ayora, a1r Petri Montis prologue, a4v text, 9v auctoris excusatio, 10r translator's postscript, 10v colophon). 228 leaves, unfoliated. 38 lines and headline. Type 111Rb4. Initial spaces with guide letters. (Some mostly marginal pale dampstains, first gathering loose.) Contemporary vellum over pasteboard (spine defective at ends, upper cover becoming detached). Provenance: Bibliotheca Umbrosiana (engraved armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of one of the earliest works on physical fitness. This very early work on exercises and games for keeping physically fit was translated from the Spanish by Gundisalvus Ayora. Goff M-857; BMC VI, p. 722; HC *11608; BM/STC Italian p. 447; Stillwell Science 458; Norman 1541.
2o (276 x 192 mm). Collation: A10 a-z8 &8 8 8 10 (A1r title, A1v blank, A2r table of contents, A8v preface by Ayora, a1r Petri Montis prologue, a4v text, 9v auctoris excusatio, 10r translator's postscript, 10v colophon). 228 leaves, unfoliated. 38 lines and headline. Type 111Rb4. Initial spaces with guide letters. (Some mostly marginal pale dampstains, first gathering loose.) Contemporary vellum over pasteboard (spine defective at ends, upper cover becoming detached). Provenance: Bibliotheca Umbrosiana (engraved armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of one of the earliest works on physical fitness. This very early work on exercises and games for keeping physically fit was translated from the Spanish by Gundisalvus Ayora. Goff M-857; BMC VI, p. 722; HC *11608; BM/STC Italian p. 447; Stillwell Science 458; Norman 1541.