Originally published in De formato foetu. Venetiis. per Franciscum Bolzettam 1600 (Colophon, Laurentius Pasquatus, 1604).These images were taken while preparing a book (Wombs with a View, Springer, 2016) on the history of the illustrations and how they contributed to our understanding of anatomy and physiology of pregnancy, thereby enabling advances in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology.