Godefridi Bidloo, medicinae doctoris & chirurgi, Anatomia humani corporis : centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis, demonstrata, veterum recentiorumque inventis explicata plurimisque hactenus non detectis, illustrata
This is a 1685 Latin anatomical atlas by Govard Bidloo, a Dutch physician and surgeon, published in Amsterdam for the medical trade and students, with 105 plates drawn from life by Gerard de Lairesse. The engravings show dissected muscles, tendons and organs rendered in fine tonal hatching on cream paper. A designer could draw on their soft sepia shading and organic, sculptural forms for scientific or vintage medical imagery.
