"Anatomical Tables of the Human Body" by William Cheselden (1796)

An Overview

This is a visual presentation of selected higlights from William Cheselden's Anatomical Tables of the Human Body. This book was printed by Manning and Loring for bookseller David West in Boston in 1796 and constitutes part of the Special Collections at Tisch Library. Photographs taken of the book display the use of copper engravings to print anatomical diagrams. These diagrams highlight the use of illustration in communicating scientific knowledge to both academic and general audiences in the 18th century in England and America.

Full-body skeletal diagram from Table X.

Credits

Exhibit by Whitney P. Miller. A collaboration of Tisch Library Special Collections and students in History 96: History of the Book, taught by Professor Alisha Rankin at Tufts University, Spring 2017.