WYNMANN (Nicolaus).

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WYNMANN (Nicolaus).
Colymbetes, sive De arte natandi, dialogus & festivus & iucundus lectu. S.l. Augsburg, Henricus Steyner, 1538. In-8, half vellum (19th century binding). First edition of the first book entirely devoted to swimming. Due to a professor at the University of Ingolstadt, the book is in the form of a dialogue between Pampirus and Erotes. Printed in Roman characters, the title is decorated with a pretty woodcut vignette depicting a man crossing a river on a sheep. Freckles to a few leaves. Missing B pages.
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