Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man

Leonardo da Vinci is among the greatest draftsmen ever to have lived, and his anatomical drawings combine his almost unsurpassed artistic skill with his dexterity in dissection and his extensive knowledge of the structures he uncovered.

Now in paperback, Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man reproduces Leonardo’s Manuscript A, the written record of a campaign of human dissections completed during the winter of 1510-11. Although his studies of human anatomy span more than…