Bidspirit auction | Girolamo Mercuriale

Girolamo Mercuriale - Girolamo Mercuriale - Of Art Gymnastics, 1587. Venice, Giunti, 1587. In 4°. Printer's device on the title page and last leaf, with numerous woodcuts by Pirro Ligorio based on drawings by Cristoforo Coriolani, light marginal stains, brown calf binding with boards enclosed in a blind frame with plant motifs, coat of arms impressed in gold on the upper and lower boards, titles impressed in gold on the spine within tags. Bound with: Variarum Lectionum in Medicinae Scriptoribus. Venice, Giunti, 1588. Printer's device on the title page, decorated initials and headpieces, marginal foxing.