LEONARDO ON THE HUMAN BODY –By Leonardo da Vinci, Translations, Text and Introduction by Charles D. O’Malley, Stanford University, and J.B. DE C.M. Saunders, University of California.

This exceptional volume reproduces more than 1200 of Leonardo’s anatomical drawings on 215 clearly printed black-and-white plates.  The drawings have been arranged in chronological sequence to display Leonardo’s development and growth as an anatomist.  Leonardo’s text, which accompanies the drawings, sometimes explanatory, sometimes autobiographical and anecdotal, has been translated into English.  Each plate is accompanied by explanatory notes, an evaluation of the individual plate and an indication of its relationship to the work as a whole; and a new attempt is made at establishing the dates of the plates on the basis of anatomical content.

Soft cover: 506 pages

Publisher:  Dover Publication, Inc., New York

ISBN:  9780486244839