- Foxed copy (esp. in vol.1), partly also affecting the plates; vol.1 one plate w. large (closed) tear (with browning from older tape); vol. 2: plate CXVI lacks fold. part; one plate frayed/ chipped and browned on fold. section; one plate cut trifle short in lower margin. Vol.1 lacks backstrip (remains partly loosely inserted) and frontcover; vol. 2 lacks lower half of backstrip; both vols. corners rubbed and paper over covers worn.
= Choulant p.151f; Wellcome III, p.535. Loder's aim was the compilation in one work of all the best representations then known in the different branches of anatomy, supplemented by representations of original preparations. In 32 plates the vascular system is represented in pink colouring.