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.
Girolamo Mercuriale (1530-1606)
Category
Books
Date
1672
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3230257
Summary
Bibliographic description
Editio novissima, aucta, emendata, & figuris authenticis Christophori Coriolani exornata. [10], 387, [41] p., [6] folded leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 4to. Old Felbrigg shelfmarks: P6; Q5; C5. Provenance: armorial bookplate on front pastedown (Franks 32206): 'William Windham Esquire'. Binding: seventeenth-century full mottled calf; sewn onto five raised bands; spine gilt; black spine label (gilt-lettered): 'Mercurial. De Art Gymn.'; gilt edge rolled; marbled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Girolamo Mercuriale (1530-1606), author Andreas Frisius (d.1675), editor Pirro Ligorio (1513-1583), illustrator Cristoforo Coriolano (1530/60 - Venice c.1604), illustrator Romeyn de Hooghe (Amsterdam 1645 -1708), illustrator