Antique and large drum microscope

In it's mahogany wooden box

For botanist, entomologist - XIXth century

This is a larger model than those usually found on the market

Straight column brass microscope with rack and pinion

19th century or early 20th century

In its wooden case with swivel mirror 

Brass straight column microscope with weighted base

19th century or early 20th century

In its mahogany case with clamp and swivel mirror

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