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vii, 324 p.: ill. 20x13 cm. Original publisher’s cloth. Minor tears of the spine, but overall in near fine condition.
First edition, the second edition came out in 1930. Complete with 164 photo-illustrations. Inscribed by Dr. Mensendieck on the first endpaper. The signature of the reception next to it, also on the title page, next to gilt library label of Medical Library (illegible).
Bess Mensendieck (1864-1957) was an American physician and gymnastics teacher of Dutch descent who developed the Mensendieck System, a therapeutic teaching methodology for female physical education claimed to be both corrective and preventive. She was one of the most important founders of early breathing and physical pedagogy in Europe and America.
Worldcat shows copies of this book at NYPL, Syracuse University, National Library of Medicine, LC, University of North Carolina and Stanford.
