SPORT - UNION DES SOCIETES DE GYMNASTIQUE / Original plaster by Alfred DUBOIS (1…

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SPORT - UNION DES SOCIETES DE GYMNASTIQUE / Original plaster by Alfred DUBOIS (1831-1905) for the Union des Sociétés de Gymnastique, made to be cast into medals and wall plaques, circa 1880, allegorical illustration after Henri Chapu with the union's motto: "Patrie Courage Moralité" (diameter 25.5 cm mounted on fabric-covered wooden frame 39 x 39 cm) - Attached: bronze wall plaque, Barbédienne cast, made from this plaster (diameter 25 cm)

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MERCURIALE, Jerome. De arte gymnastica libri sex, in quibus exercitationum omnium Vetustarum genera, loca, modi, facultatesm & quidquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur. Venetiis, apud Iuntas, 1601 4to; 230x160 mm; Binding in full stiff vellum, title mss. on spine; blue boards. Pp. 16 nn. (incl. Front.), 308, 28 nn.; Typographical mark to Front., resumed larger at ult. Page. Ornate and historiated initials, xyl friezes. 25 xyl. plates at p.p. nn. Greek characters. Scattered moisture stains. Good copy. Beautiful and rare Venetian figured edition of the first book entirely devoted to gymnastics. The splendid plates, taken from drawings by Pirro Ligorio, depict boxing, ball games, fights, dexterity exercises with ropes and poles, lifting weights, etc. De arte gymnastica is the best-known and most original work by Mercuriale, a professor of medicine in Bologna and Pisa and the greatest scholar of this subject in his time, the result of nearly seven years of study and research in the museums and libraries of Rome. The work is the first comprehensive treatise on medical gymnastics, in which the gymnastics of the ancients is linked with modern gymnastics, of which Mercuriale is the true precursor. Gymnastics is examined from the point of view of both history, medicine proper, and more generally hygiene. Exercises of agility, strength, and dexterity in use among the ancient Greeks and Romans are recalled; the various gymnastic exercises and the manner of performing them are presented, so that they may succeed in usefulness to health; the effects they produce, both on the healthy and the sick individual, are discussed. Mercurial corroborates gymnastics as a therapeutic means; also discusses balneotherapy and medical hydrology.Garrison-Morton 1986.1; Brunet III 1646; Heirs of Hippocrates 223; Adams M1320; Wellcome I 4224; Graesse IV 495. 4to; 230x160 mm; Full stiff vellum binding, handwritten title on spine; blue edges. 16 unnumbered pages (including title page), 308, 28 unnumbered pages. Printer's device on title page, repeated larger on the last page. Woodcut adorned initials and ornaments. 25 woodcut illustrations on full page in the text. Greek type. Spread dampstains. Good copy. Beautiful and rare Venetian illustrated edition of the first book entirely devoted to gymnastics. The beautiful plates, taken from Pirro Ligorio's drawings, depict boxing, ball games, fights, dexterity exercises with ropes and poles, lifting weights, etc.The De arte gymnastica is the best known and most original work by Mercuriale, a professor of medicine in Bologna and Pisa and the greatest scholar of this subject in his time, the result of almost seven years of study and research in the museums and libraries of Rome. The work is the first complete treatise on medical gymnastics, in which the gymnastics of the ancients is connected with the modern one, of which the Mercurial is the true precursor. Gymnastics is examined from both a historical, medical and more generally hygienic point of view. The agility, strength and dexterity exercises used by the ancient Greeks and Romans are recalled; the various gymnastic exercises and the way to perform them are presented, so that they can be useful for health; the effects they produce are discussed, both on the healthy individual and on the sick one. Mercuriale supports gymnastics as a therapeutic means; he also deals with balneotherapy and medical hydrology.Garrison-Morton 1986.1; Brunet III 1646; Heirs of Hippocrates 223; Adams M1320; Wellcome I 4224; Graesse IV 495.

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