The Art of Swimming

Title

The Art of Swimming

Description

The Art of Swimming was published before the discovery of photography and includes engravings as a means of circulating knowledge. As explained by the subtitle, the book contains "forty proper copper-plate cuts, which represent the different postures necessary to be used in that art, with advice for bathing."

People

Thévenot Melchisédec (author)
Barth Warren Sculp (engraver)

Date

1764
8.0 x 5.3 cm
GV 837 T42 1764

Files

p45 XXIX cropped 72dpi.jpg
p49 plate XXX 72dpi.jpg
P60 plate XXXIX 72dpi.jpg
tp and frontis 72dpi.jpg
Binding B 72dpi.jpg

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Citation

Thévenot Melchisédec (author) Barth Warren Sculp (engraver) , “The Art of Swimming,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed April 25, 2024, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/3034.

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