Mexico: Imprenta de Vicente G. Torres en el ex-Convento del Espiritú Santo 1850. First Edition. Good. One of the first if not the first book published in Mexico and devoted to gymnastics. This is a translation of a book prepared by the French military Instruction pour l'enseignement de la gymnastique dans les corps de troupes et les établissements militaires.<br /> <br /> The book offers written descriptions of gymnastic exercises followed by plates illustrating many of them. There is also a brief overview of typical gym equipment with plates illustrating possible arrangements of gymnasia. For more information see María José Garrido Asperó's 2016 book Para sanar fortalecer y embellecer los cuerpos. Historia de la gimnasia en la ciudad de México 1824-1876 which discusses this book at some length and reproduces several of the plates. <br /> <br /> 104 one folding 13 pages 4 leaves one folding 24 folding lithographed plates. 7-7/8 by 10-5/8 inches. First Mexican edition. Bound in late 19th / early 20th century decorated paper with a cloth spine. Boards chipped and worn at edges. Old dampstain along the top edge of the pageblock. A good-only copy. Imprenta de Vicente G. Torres, en el ex-Convento del Espiritú Santo unknown
Imprenta y Librería de Nicolas Moya 1917. hardcover. Aceptable. Imprenta y Librería de Nicolas Moya. Madrid 1917. Cartone. 25x18. 232 pp. Sello. Falta en lomo. Cubiertas deslucidas no afecta al texto. Imprenta y Librería de Nicolas Moya hardcover
Madrid 1892. First Edition Primera edición. Softcover Tapa blanda. 330x240mm. 13x9½". Madrid 1892. En folio mayor 330 x 240mm. 92 pp. 12 h. láminas en blanco y negro. Rústica. Primera edición. paperback
Rio De Janeiro: Imprensa Naval 1938 Published 1938 1939 1939 each volume has spines browned some foxing to covers. Internally nice and clean. 398 506 pages. Imprensa Naval unknown
Rio De Janeiro: Imprensa Naval 1938 Two volume set 1938 and 1939 both with spines browned trace of foxing to covers. Vol 2 has a small round hole in the front cover. Imprensa Naval unknown