The Anatomy by Heister

Complete with its 14 folding boards at the end of the book

Published in 1735

Sculpture on deer antlers 

Entomological shattering at La Beauchêne under glass case

Chrysochroa buqueti - the jewel beetle

The red speckled jewel beetle

By La Thanatothèque

Madagascar sawyer ammonite - Cleoniceras fern ammonite

Cleoniceras fern ammonite

100 million year old fossil 

Hardnose shark jaw - Carcharhinus macloti

Approximately 33cm high and 35cm wide

Madagascar sawyer ammonite - Cleoniceras fern ammonite

Cleoniceras fern ammonite

100 million year old fossil 

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

Entomological composition of beetles

27 specimens make up this picture

Black entomological box with gold fillet, hand-crafted by an bookbinder craftsman in Anjou

Diaphanization of Common 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 flesh!