Antique drum microscope 

With its wooden case containing 1 brass clamp and 2 preparation slides

XIXth century - inscription under the case dated 7 or 8 May 1853

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

Antique glass bell jar 

Apothecary / Laboratory

Thin glass, light green in color and darker at the top, with bubbles 

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

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

Chimera bronze piano candle holder

Wax jack

19th century

Cours de botanique élémentaire  Elementary Botany Course

By Henri Jean Antoine Rodet - Professor at the Imperial Veterinary School of Lyon

Antique book from 1863 - Second edition

Illustrated with numerous black and white figures interspersed throughout the text

Antique drum microscope 

With its wooden case containing 1 brass clamp

XIXth century

The microscope is engraved on the eyepiece Manufacture Française Armes et Cycles Saint-Etienne 

Antique bronze base for ball, sphere, or egg - Base - stand

The feet are shaped like animal mouths.

Late 19th - early 20th century

Sold alone without egg or ball

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