Review of the gymnastics bibliography in the physical education published in Spain (1801-1939)

This article is about historicist references regarding the bibliography of gymnastics in the Spanish physical education between 1801 and 1939. The purpose of the study has been mainly the analysis of the books about this topic. The referential news are stated and discussed in chronological order. Singularly, the references and opinions that we have found in these books, help to better understand the state of the question and to better appreciate the importance that the few literary contributions had in the social and institutional development of gymnastics and physical education in the bibliographic desert that these disciplines themselves created.