M0012629: Illustration showing the use of baths

Previous title, replaced August 2022: Use of baths; H. Mercurialis

Photograph of an illustration depicting the use of baths of the Gymnasium and Stadium given by Hieroniymus Mercurialis. This reproduction was made from Mercuriale, Girolamo; Hieronymi // Mercurialis De arte gymnastica libri sex. In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum, genera, loca modi, facultates et quidquid denique ad corporis humani eaxercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur, Venetiis : Apud Iuntas, M D LXXXVII [1587].

August 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds copies of the publication from which the image depicted in the glass plate negative has been reproduced.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.