This work, said to be "one of the finest anatomical atlases ever to be produced", contains life-sized figures which not only are anatomically accurate but are themselves works of art.
The original plates for Hunter's work were acquired by the Sydenham Society which had this edition prepared just for its members. This edition contains the complete Latin and English text in parallel columns preceding the plates.
This edition of Mondino's anatomy was prepared by Johannes Dryander, called Eichmann, who is generally regarded as one of the first anatomists to make illustrations from his own dissections.
In this book Glisson gives the first description of the capsule of the liver and describes its blood supply. Here, too, is the description of the sphincter of the bile duct. In its time, the Anatomia hepatis was the most important treatise thus far...