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Hieronymus Mercurialis: De Arte Gymnastica

Hieronymus Mercurialis: De Arte Gymnastica – Editions Medicina Rara – Ah VI 1.4 – Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen (Tübingen, Germany)

Amsterdam (Netherlands) — 1672

The rediscovery of ancient sports medicine: Girolamo Mercuriale's popular bestseller on the “art of gymnastics” and health care in antiquity with striking copperplate engravings by Cristoforo Coriolano

  1. Girolamo Mercuriale (1530–1606) was an Italian doctor, professor and personal physician to Emperor Maximilian II (1527–1576)

  2. He wrote the first European work dealing exclusively with the medical effects of physical exercise

  3. Furnished with 36 masterly, full-page copperplate engravings by Cristoforo Coriolano, some of them double-page and fold-out

Hieronymus Mercurialis: De Arte Gymnastica

Ah VI 1.4 Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen (Tübingen, Germany)
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Hieronymus Mercurialis: De Arte Gymnastica

Girolamo Mercuriale (1530–1606) was an widely studied and much-traveled Italian doctor and later professor of medicine who achieved the highest recognition for his work as personal physician to Emperor Maximilian II (1527–1576), for which he was even elevated to the nobility. Here he also applied principles that he wrote down in his most famous work De Arte Gymnastica, which was to remain a medical bestseller long after his lifetime. The Art of Gymnastics is the first European work to deal exclusively with the medical effects of physical exercise. In it, Mercuriale incorporated ancient health and sports teachings that were very popular at the time. One of the most beautiful and richly illuminated editions of the work was printed by Andreas Frisius in Amsterdam in 1672. It features 36 masterful, full-page copperplate engravings by Cristoforo Coriolano, some of which are even double-page and fold-out. A gem of medical literature!

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Alternative Titles
Hieronymi Mercurialis foroliviensis de Arte Gymnastica libri six. In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum genera, loca, mocie, facultates, & quidquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet diligenter explicatur.
Size / Format
438 pages / 23.0 × 18.0 cm
Date
1672
Style
Baroque
Language
Latin
Illustrations
36 full-page copperplate engravings, some of them double-page and fold-out
Content
Hieronymus Mercuriali's medical and philosophical treatise on the "art of gymnastics" and health care in classical antiquity in six books (chapters)
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Publisher: Editions Medicina Rara – Stuttgart, 1975
Limited Edition: 500 copies
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Commentary: 1 volume by Christine Nutton
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