1852 CHOULANT, Johann Ludwig (1791 – 1861)

Geschichte und Bibliographie der anatomischen Abbildung.

In this classic work Choulant traced the evolution of anatomical illustration from the early schematic plates up to his own time, including a valuable bibliography. Reprinted, Wiesbaden, 1974. An English translation b…

GMN 440 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1098

1898 DUVAL, Mathias-Marie (1844 – 1907); CUYER, Édouard (1852 – 1900)

Histoire d’anatomie plastique: Les maitres, les livres et les écorchés.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

GMN 446 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1111

1907 SUDHOFF, Karl Friedrich Jakob (1853 – 1938)

Tradition und Naturbeobachtung in den Illustrationen medicinischer Handschriften und Frühdrucke vornehmlich des 15. Jahrhunderts.

GMN 451 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1153

1939 WEGNER, Richard Nikolaus (1884 – 1967)

Das Anatomenbildnis. Seine Entwicklung im Zusammenhang mit der anatomischen Abbildung.

GMN 459 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1172

1964 O’MALLEY, Charles Donald (1907 – 1970); VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564)

Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564.

GMN 12693 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14938

1967 WOLF-HEIDEGGER, Gerhard (1910 – 1986); CETTO, Anna Maria

Die anatomische Sektion in bildlicher Darstellung.

Full descriptions and illustrations of 355 of the most important paintings, prints, sculpture, and book illustrations concerning anatomy in its widest sense.

GMN 461.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1206

1967 –1972 HERRLINGER, Robert (1914 – 1968); PUTSCHER, Marielene (1919 – 1997)

Geschichte der medizinische Abbildung. 2nd ed. 2 vols.

A history of medical illustration, but primarily covering the history of anatomy. English translation of Vol. 1 (to 1600), London: Pitman, 1970. Vol. 2, edited by Marielene Putscher, extended the work to close to time…

GMN 461.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1208

1990 BRIDSON, Gavin Douglas Ruthven (1936 – 2008); WHITE, James J.

Plant, animal & anatomical illustration in art & science: A bibliographical guide from the 16th century to the present day.

The first comprehensive listing of primary instructional or "how to draw" books, and non-scientific iconographical "pattern" books, published for artists and designers in the widest range of subjects concerning plants…

GMN 7025 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9192

1992 ROBERTS, Kenneth Bryson (1923 – 2013); TOMLINSON, John Derek Williams (1926 – 2010)

The fabric of the body: European traditions of anatomical illustration.

An essential reinterpretation of the classics in the history of anatomical illustration, with many fine plates.

GMN 6953 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9118

1996 ROBERTS, Kenneth Bryson (1923 – 2013); CAZORT, Mimi (1930 – 2014); KORNELL, Monique

The ingenious machine of nature: Four centuries of art and anatomy.

GMN 7493 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9665

1999 CARLINO, Andrea (1960 – )

Paper bodies: A catalogue of anatomical fugitive sheets 1538-1687. (Medical History, Supplement No. 19)

Describes bibliographically and illustrates the approximately 60 different surviving fugitive sheets together with essays on "The visual culture of Renaissance anatomy," "Anatomical fugitive sheets: Printing, prints a…

GMN 7546 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9718

2000 GROB, Bart; AUZOUX, Louis Thomas Jérôme (1797 – 1880)

The world of Auzoux: Models of man and beast in papier-maché.

GMN 13753 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16037

2004 OLMI, Giuseppe

Rappresentare il corpo: Art e anatomia da Leonardo all'illuminismo.

Extensive book (324 pages, many color plates) issued in connection with an exhibition held in Bologna, December 2004 to March 2005, celebrating the fourth centenary of Ulisse Aldrovandi. A much-condensed guide to the …

GMN 10560 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12753

2006 SAPPOL, Michael

Dream Anatomy... Anatomy and the artistic imagination.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Library of Medicine from October 9, 2002 to July 21, 2003. In May 2015 the website built for the exhibition was available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/dreamanatomy/.

GMN 6839 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9003

2006 DÜRING, Monika von; POGGESI, Marta

Encyclopaedia anatomica: Museo la Specola Florence.

Spectacular collection of color photographs of wax models in the Museo la Specola, Florence. Text in English, French and German.

GMN 7423 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9595

2006 RIFKIN, Benjamin A. (1960 – ); ACKERMAN, Michael J.; FOLKENBERG, Judith

Human anatomy: A visual history from the Renaissance to the digital age.

A popular history, with excellent illustrations; probably the first history of anatomy to include a chapter (by Ackerman, project director for the National Library of Medicine's Digital Human Project) on "Anatomy in t…

GMN 7629 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9801

2007 HUNTER, William (1718 – 1783); BLACK, Peter

My highest pleasure: William Hunter's art collection. Edited by Peter Black.

A beautiful book on Hunter's art collection, and how he assembled it, as well as a study of the representation of art in Hunter's library. The book also describes and illustrates Hunter's collection of anatomical art,…

GMN 8609 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10786

2008 GRAY, Henry (1825 – 1861); CARTER, Henry Vandyke (1831 – 1897); RICHARDSON, Ruth

The making of Mr. Gray's Anatomy: Bodies, books, fortune, fame.

An exhaustive account of the creation, production, distribution and influence of this classic.

GMN 13166 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15425

2011 FRAGONARD, Jean-Honoré (1732 – 1799); DEGUEURCE, Christophe (1966 – )

Fragonard Museum. The écorchés. The anatomical masterworks of Honoré Fragonard by Christophe Degueurce. With an essay by Laure Cadot. Translated from the French by Philip Adds.

The painter and printmaker Fragonard preserved the results of his dissections via means never divulged, but which may have been based on those of Jean-Joseph Sue. His pieces were often prepared for theatrical effect r…

GMN 7005 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9171

2015 HENDRIKSEN, Marieka M. A.

Elegant anatomy: The eighteenth-century Leiden anatomical collections.

GMN 9870 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12058

2016 EBENSTEIN, Joanna

The Anatomical Venus: Wax / Sex / God / Death.

GMN 7566 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9738

2016 LONGO, Lawrence D. (1926 – 2016); REYNOLDS, Lawrence P.

Wombs with a view: Illustrations of the gravid uterus from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth century.

GMN 7861 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10033

2018 VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564); CANALIS, Rinaldo F.; CIAVOLELLA, Massimo

Andreas Vesalius and the Fabrica in the age of printing: Art, anatomy and printing in the Italian renaissance. Edited by R. F. Canalis and M. Ciavolella.

GMN 13105 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15358