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Historical Bibliography Updated: December 6, 2019

De arte gymnastica. The art of gymnastics. Critical edition by Concetta Pennuto. English translation by Vivian Nutton.

Publication Details

Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 2008 CE.

This critical edition, based upon the 1601 edition, the last edition published in Mercuriale's lifetime, includes the Latin text and English translation, reproductions of the woodcuts attributed to Coriolan and the original drawings by Pirro Ligorio for the illustrations, a full bibliography of Mercuriale's writings, translator's notes, and Jean-Michel Agasse's, "Girolamo Mercuriale—Humanism and physical culture in the Renaissance", a treatise of about 150 pages.

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Geographic Context

Publication place: Florence