Originally published in De formato foetu liber singularis, anaeis fi guris exornatus. Epistolae duae anatomicae…. Studio Liberalis Cremae. Patavii, Apud lo Bap de Martinis & Livium Pasquatu, 1626.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.