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El Gimnasio

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El Gimnasio, title page, 1873.

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Plate 1 showing exercises using parallel bars.

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Plate 2 demonstrating exercises done with 'las argollas ó anillas' (loops or rings).

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Plate 3, illustrating various types of equipment.

El Gimnasio by D. Salvador Lopez is one of several Spanish imprints in the Flax Collection. This volume, published in Seville in 1873, contains multiple plates illustrating gymnastic moves.

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