The art of swimming :
made safe, easy, pleasant, and healthful by attention to the instructions herein set forth ... To which are added, cautions to learners, and advice to bathers /
by the late celebrated Dr. Benj. Franklin.

Description

Main Author

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Related Names

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed and sold by J[ohn] Bailey ..., [1819?]

Subjects

Swimming > Swimming / Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Swimming > Swimming / Early works to 1900.

Note

Illustration: 1 print : wood engraving (hand-colored) ; folded, 17 x 22 cm., showing various swimming and diving positions.
"Dr. Benajamin Franklin's Advice to bathers:" p. 20-24.

Physical Description

iv, [5]-24 p. : folded front. (col.) ; 19 cm.

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