1960-70s. Elephant folio, 730 x 527mm, ff. [10] leaves including four coloured double-sided plastic overlays, with both front and rear boards also acting as anatomical plates, thus 24 ‘plates’ in all; the two plates before and after the overlays printed in colour; all plates with a hole in upper margin for hanging; inside front and rear covers somewhat foxed, with some foxing and soiling throughout, tear to upper margin of final leaf at hanging hole, but otherwise clean and bright; in spiral-bound pictorial coloured boards, with grommets in the upper margins for hanging, head and tail of spine worn, with further wear visible along spine, covers a little foxed and soiled, and some edgewear, so whilst a little dog-eared, generally very good for a but otherwise very good for a work often found in poor condition. A scarce and remarkable anatomical atlas, illustrated with plastic overlays and which display a front and back view of the human organs, in proper relation to each other, whilst most of the paper pages are devoted to detailed views of specific organs and systems. It was hoped that this new way of presenting anatomy to students, by effectively giving a visual representation of the various 'layers' of the human body, would help them to create a mental picture of each region.
C.S. Hammond & Co., was founded in 1901 by Caleb Stillson Hammond (1862-1929), and became one of America’s leading map making and printing firms, second only to Rand McNally in volume, producing a variety of wall maps, atlases, educational material and globes.