Scull Tab.6 Copperplate engraving by A Fife, circa 1800. Size 21 x 26 cm, condition very good. Price £70.00 / $140.00 (plus packing and postage). Click for info

Hippocrates, 460-377 B.C.was the first to treat anatomy as a science, but it was not until Aristotle, 384-327 B.C.that this was taken seriously. It was he who gave the name aorta to the principle artery.

In the first century the Roman government forbade the dissection of human bodies. In 1415 Mindino, a professor of anatomy in Bologna gave public demonstrations of the results of his dissection. Berenger, Columbus Fallopius, and Eustachius, all added facts to the science. However it was not until 1832 that the practise of dissection was legalised by an Act of Parliament, in order to stop the rifling of graveyards by "body-snatchers" (as described in Charles Dickens's "Tale of Two Cities").

All of this activity has left us with some wonderful anatomical prints - just the thing for your consulting rooms if you are a doctor. Or, if you have a strong stomach, your kitchen.

Selected antique Medical and Anatomical prints currently in stock

Spine and Pelvis Table 16. A.Fife, very clear copper plate engraving, circa 1800. 20 x 26 cm Condition very good £65.00 /$130.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Head Tab.134. Aquatint, coloured, interesting and decorative engraving, circa 1860. 21 x 26 cm Condition good £78.00 /$156.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Teeth and Jaw, Copper plate engraving, coloured, from A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, engraved by W.H.Lizars, Edinburgh, circa 1822. 25 x 41cm Large Condition good £75.00 /$150.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Teeth and Jaw 2. Copper plate engraving, lightly coloured, from A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, engraved by W.H.Lizars, Edinburgh, circa 1822. 25 x 41cm Large Condition good £70.00 /$140.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Anatomy XX, Veins, Arteries. Copper plate engraving, showing veins and arteries, engraved by Kirkwood and Sons, circa 1800. 20 x 26.5 cm Condition good £65.00 /$130.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Anatomy. Showing Skeleton, Muscles and also teeth. Copper plate engraving published by Bartlett dated 1816. 26 x 20cm / 10 x 8 inch Condition good Price £60.00 / $120.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Myology Front. Milton, copper plate engraving, published as the Act directs by Longman and Rees 1803. 18 x 26 cm Condition good £60.00 /$120.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Pathology Series of Figures Illustrative of Irregular Division of Cells.1-6 epithelial cells of a cancer of the mamma, Tripolar division, Tetrapolar karyokinesis, division of nucleus and more. Drawn by Rd. Muir, lithograph by McLogan and Cumming, from Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910. 21 x 28 cm Condition good £28.00 /$56.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Parasitic Diseases, Drawn by Rd.Muir, showing Spirochaeta pallida found in sores of Syphilis; Negri bodies from dog with rabies; Malaria; Trypanosoma Gambiense seen in blood of a case of sleeping sickness, and others. McLogan and Cumming Lithograph from Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910. 21 x 28 cm Condition good £28.00 /$56.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Brain 128 Very clear illustration of the brain, Aquatint by A.Fyfe circa 1850. 22.5 x 25 cm Condition very good £65.00 /$130.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Experiments on the Solidity of Bodies. Copper plate engraving from the Universal Magazine, circa 1760. 10 x 18 cm Condition good £30.00 /$60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Manner of Burying the Dead at HolyWell Mount near London during the dreadful Plague in the reign of Charles II. 1665. Copper plate engraving published by Alexander Hogg circa 1780. 20 x 32 cm Condition poor £50.00 /$100.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Backbone, including ribs and pelvis. Showing the backbone from the front and back, the principal Ligaments, and the connections of the vertebrae. The National Encyclopedia, A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, published by William Mackenzie circa 1885. 15 x 24 cm Condition good £30.00 /$60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Leg including Hip and Knee. Showing Ligaments, and Muscles. The National Encyclopedia, A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, published by William Mackenzie circa 1885. 15 x22 cm Condition good £30.00 /$60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Nerves of the Liver, Gall-bladder, Pancreas and Stomach. William Henry Hall, The New Encyclopedia or Modern Universal Dictionary, Published as the Act directs 1789. 21 x 35.5 cm Condition good £78.00 /$156.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Structure of the Human Body. Anatomical Sectional Model of the Female Body. Showing Pregnant woman, Twins, Vascular system, Arteries, Veins, Viscera,particularly the Digestive System Coloured diagram as shown (part of) circa 1925 16 x 22.5 cm folded, 32 x 50 cms unfolded Condition good £54.00 /$108.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Viscera Plate 2. Milton, Copper plate engraving, published as the Act directs by Longman, Hurst, Rees,Orme and Brown 1814. 26.5 x 20cm Condition good £48.00 /$96.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Liver. Copper plare engraving from an Encyclopaedia , published circa 1800. 18.5 x 31 cm Condition good £60.00 / $120.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Organs of Sense, Ear plate 1. Copper plate engraving from an Encyclopaedia , published by Longman, 1808. 20 x 26 cm Condition very good £60.00 / $120.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Chirurgie 30. Copper plate engraving from The Encyclopedia by Diderot circa 1770. 15 x 20.5 cm Condition very good £40.00 / $80.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Edward Jenner (1749-1823), the discoverer of vaccination. Engraved by J. Brown from the Statue by W.C.Marshall, published by Virtue circa 1860. 16 x 23 cm Condition good £25.00 / $50.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

One of the Wards of the Hospital at Scutari. W. Simpson, lithograph by E.Walker,published by Colnaghi and Co. April 1856.(Florence Nightingale) 44 x 28.5 cm Condition good £160.00 / $320.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top