 In 1678, Amé Bourdon published his double folio anatomical plates, "Nouvelles tables anatomiques", most likely through the assistance of his patron Jacques Theodore de Brias, archevêque de Cambrai.The work consists of 16 individual plates, several of which can be combined to form complete human figures.The plates, which were drawn by Bourdon himself, were created using the etching needle and the burin on copperplate and are signed by the engraver Daniel Le Bossu (fl.