Albinus on Anatomy: With 80 Original Albinus Plates Book

The classic 1979 Watson-Guptill "Albinus On Anatomy," by Hale and Coyle, is still perhaps the most authoritative reference on human anatomy for the artist. Many of Albinus' exquisite engravings are unmatched in their accuracy and precision, even today. And when combined with the detailed and highly informative tables produced by his artistic collaborator, Jan Wandelaar, they constitute a reference source that is still used by medical students and artists alike. Albinus worked on these engravings for 20 years, publishing them in 1747. Hale and Coyle discovered them in the rare book room of the New York Academy of Medicine. Their resulting publication resurrected interest in Albinus, and copies of his engravings have now become almost ubiquitous.

"Albinus on Anatomy" has over 200 pages of tables, plates, and accompanying illustrations. Individual chapters are devoted to bones and muscles of the body, the head and neck, the vertebral column and rib cage, the pelvis and thigh, the knee and lower leg, the foot, the shoulder girdle, the arm, and the hand. The book also contains a helpful index.