A Treatise on Surgery 

By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay

Antique illustrated book from 1892

Volume 8

The leather on the spine of the binding is cracked, see photos

A Treatise on Surgery 

By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay

Antique illustrated book from 1891

Volume 4

Boule de Nancy - Genuine Mars Vulnerary Ball - Steel Ball

This iron-containing ball was once considered a miracle cure for many ailments and injuries.

The Boule de Nancy is sold individually in a small antique drugstore box

Unavailable today

Entomological shattering at La Beauchêne under glass case

Chrysochroa buqueti - the jewel beetle

The red speckled jewel beetle

By La Thanatothèque

Shark tooth fossil

Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago

Shark tooth fossil

Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago

Shark tooth fossil

Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago

Botany plate by Michel Etienne Descourtilz

From the Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles ou histoire naturelle des plantes usuelles des colonies françaises, anglaises, espagnoles et portugaises.

Published in 1827/1833

Painted engraving from the 19th century

Botany plate by Édouard-Adolphe Duchesne

From the Atlas du Répertoire des plantes utiles et des plantes du globe published in 1846 

19th-century color lithograph

Engraving by Buffon - Natural History

From Balck Atlas of Œuvres Complètes de Buffon published in 1826 

Birds

Anatomy - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869

In colors

Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History

Birds - Antique chart  by D'Orbigny - 1869

In colors

Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History