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100 1 # $a Tuccaro
245 1 0 $a Trois Dialogues De L'Exercice De Sauter, Et Voltiger En L'Air. Avec les figures qui servent à la parfaicte demonstration & intelligence du dict Art. Par le Sr. Archange Tuccaro, de l'Abruzzo, au Royaume de Naples. Dedié Au Roy.
260 # # $a A Paris, $b Chez Claude De Monstr'oeil, tenant sa boutique en la Cour du Palais, au Nom de Iesus. - $c M. D. LXXXXIX. $c [1599]
300 # # $a [8], 197, [1] p., [1] fold. pl.: $b illus.; $c 218 mm. (Quarto.)
500 # # $a The folding plate carries the number of the leaf next to which it is to be bound ('fueillet 142').
505 0 # $a [T.p., dedic.] - [Sonnet, 'Sur Les Dialogues Du Seigneur Archange'] - Au Lecteur - [Text, 'Le Premier (- Troisiesme) Dialogue'].
508 # # $a The plate and illustrations are unsigned.

The work is dedicated by Archange Tuccaro to the king.
520 2 # $a The first Dialogue describes ancient exercises and dances; the second, somersaults and other acrobatic exercises; the third, the benefit of gymnastics to the human body.

The folding plate (woodcut) shows men jumping through hoops. Other woodcut illustrations show acrobats performing various exercises.
533 # # $n A facsimile was published in 1987 (Aldburgh: Archival Facsimiles).
561 # # $a The front pastedown is inscribed in pencil 'S.A.H.', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81. Purchased for RA Library in 1880 (see RA Annual Report for 1880, p. 42).
563 # # $a 19th-century quarter white vellum, marbled-papered boards; gilt-decorated spine lettered 'Tuccaro Exercice De Sauter', spine lettered 'R.A.'
653 # # $a Gymnastics - Exercise - Gymnasts - Acrobats - France - History - 16th century
655 # 0 $a Treatises - Manuals - Dialogues - France - 16th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - France - 16th century
700 1 # $a Monstr'œil $e publisher $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Henri IV $e dedicatee