Entomological box - Butterfly

Morpho aega butterfly from Brazil

Superb metallic blue reflections that are not due to pigments but to the cellular structure of the wings. In fact, this butterfly has no blue pigments. 

Commemorative medal - Token

Napoleon III - Second Empire

Butterfly - Natural History color plate 

Entomology

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Anatomical chart by Ludovic Hirschfeld drawn by Léveillé

From Traité et iconographie du système nerveux et des organes des sens de l'homme avec leur mode de préparation

Published in 1866

Lithography

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Anatomical chart by Paulet and Sarazin

From the Traité d'anatomie topographique (Treatise on topographical anatomy)

Published in 1867-1870

Chromolithography

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Scented candles from the Secret d'Apothicaire collection 

The candles are poured into 50g brown glass dispensers.

Secret d'Apothicaire is a range of natural aromatic candles.

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

Anatomy of Man by Cloquet

Anatomical lithography in black and white 

The plates date from circa 1852

Stamp of the Franco-Belgian Literary and Artistic Convention of 22 August 1852