Wholesale Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery: The Complete Plates

Eight volumes in one book, Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery’s Atlas of Anatomy, remains a monumental and comprehensive anatomical treatise. Bourgery began working on the atlas in 1830 with illustrator Nicolas Henri Jacob. The first volumes were published in 1831, but the treatise took nearly two decades to complete. Bourgery finished his labor of love before his death, but the last volume was published five years later. The eight volumes cover descriptive anatomy, surgical anatomy and techniques, general anatomy and embryology, and microscopic anatomy. Jacob’s spectacular hand-colored lithographs offer exceptional anatomical insight, reflecting a combination of direct laboratory observation and illustrative research. Gorgeous coffee table book from Taschen. (This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.)