Mercurialis, Hieronymus
Mercurialis, Hieronymus. De arte gymnastica. Libri sex. Secunda editione aucti, & multis figuris ornati. Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke auf Titel u. am Schluß, 24 (davon 23 ganzseit.) Textholzschnitten u. 1 kl. Textholzschnitt. Paris, du Puys, 1577. 4°. 3 nn. Bll., 201 Bll., 13 nn. Bll. Ldr. d. 17./18. Jh. mit reicher RGoldprägung u. rotem RSchild. (etwas berieben, bestoßen u. beschabt).
With woodcut printer's stamp on title, 24 (23 full page text woodcuts) and 1 little text woodcut. - Leather of the 17th./18th. century with rich spine gilding and red spine label (slightly stained and scratched.). - Pages partly slightly browned and rarely minimally (brown-)stained, rarley marginalia at the white margin.
Zweite Ausgabe. - Adams M 1320 - Hirsch-H. IV, 171 - Mortimer 302 - Waller 6480 - Wellcome I, 4224 - Durling 3088 - "First illustrated book on gymnactics. It is the foundation-stone of later work on the subject and is important for the study of gymnastics among the ancients. It includes some excellent woodcuts" (Garrison-M. 1986. 1, fälschlich zur ersten, nicht ill. Ausgabe). - "Woodcut illustrations designed for the author by Pirro Ligorio and cut by C. Coriolani" (Durling). - Seiten teils etwas gebräunt u. selten minimal (braun-)fleckig, seltener Marginalien im weißen Rand..