Hieronymi Mercvrialis ... De arte gymnastica libri sex: in quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum genera, loca, modi, facultates, & quidquid denique ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet diligenter explicatur
Hieronymus Mercurialis's 1672 Latin treatise on ancient gymnastics, with woodcut illustrations by Christophorus Coriolanus, written for physicians and scholars of antiquity and physical exercise. The pictures are small framed woodcuts of nude athletes performing exercises, lifting weights, balancing on rings and playing ball games, drawn with clear contour and hatched shading that a designer could use as classical figure studies for period or sports-themed layouts.
