Octopus Tentacle Diaphanisation

Biological preparation

The purpose of diaphanisation is to make fabrics transparent. The fabrics are made transparent using a chemical process, and specific dyes are used.

The flesh is made transparent and the dyes attach themselves to the skin.

Diaphanization of a mouse - Mus musculus

Biological preparation

The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.

You can see the bones through the skin!

Large Model

All specimens are different

Spectacled caiman - Caiman crocodilus

Wet specimen in jar

Supplied with CITES number upon sale - Protected species

Sold ONLY within the European Union - Schengen Area 

Crow on pedestal - Corvus corone

Perfect in a cabinet of curiosities, a masterpiece!

Flaw: Small piece missing from right paw: see photos

Wooden pedestal

Crow on pedestal - Corvus corone

Perfect in a cabinet of curiosities, a masterpiece!

Wood and resin base

European lobster - Beauchêne explosion style under glass

Homarus gammarus

By Will Never Die

Available in shop only - No shipping

Red chalk drawing- Anatomical drawing 

Anatomical study 

Drawn by Eugène de Montchoisy in Saint-Brieuc in November 1840

These are not reproductions but original period drawings in red chalk.

You are purchasing one plate, not the entire set of plates

Portable autopsy kit from the mid-19th century

Maison Charrière in Paris, circa 1845–1870

Mahogany case for autopsy and dissection

Small portable mahogany case containing a set of autopsy instruments: hook hammer, bone chisel, enterotome scissors, probes, hooks and suture needles. Used by forensic scientists and anatomists for opening and examining bodies.

Charrière, a major 19th-century Parisian manufacturer, was a pioneer in the design of high-precision surgical and anatomical instruments.

Mahogany and polished steel: 23 × 11 cm

Please note: crack in the wood under the case

A beautiful object, very rare to find

Flight of butterflies under an antique Napoleon III-era glass dome

Species: 5 Parides eurimedes butterflies

Only available for pick-up in store at Paris, as the butterflies under the glass dome are too fragile to be shipped

Manuel complet de Physique et de Météorologie - Complete Manual of Physics and Meteorology

By Ajasson de Grandsagne and L. Fouché

Second edition published in Brussels in 1835

Illustrated with 6 folding plates depicting more than 250 figures. (torn: see photos) 

L'École du pharmacien - Eléments de matière médicale

The School of Pharmacy - Elements of Medical Science

By J. Léon Soubeiran

Published in 1878 by J. Rothschild, Publisher

Work illustrated with 547 black and white vignettes in the text

Antique study mask by Simonne Laubé, circa 1930 

Flayed model

In vulcanized and painted rubber

Inspired by the famous death mask from L'Inconnue de la Seine