[Swimming] Six treatises in one volume

Paris / Lille, Delarue / Castiaux, n.d. (ca. 1800), 216 p., 8 engr. plates with 22 ills. Contemp. hcalf. Sm. 8vo. Contains 6 treatises, including by Roger (Une méthode sûre pour apprendre à nager en peu de jours); Thevenot (l'Art de nager avec la seule aide des membres and l'Art de nager artificiellement) and Thimony (Sur les bains Orientaux).

Occas. sl. foxed. Small library ticket on front cover; lower joint partly split; top of spine dam. Rare and early work on swimming.