Plate - 19th century colour engraving from Natural History

By Morris, circa 1870 - A History of British Birds

Birds Eggs - In colour

Plate - 19th century colour engraving from Natural History

By Morris, circa 1870 - A History of British Birds

In colour.

Antique Laundry blue box - Helvetia Blue from Talissot & Chevalier in Dôle and Geneva 

Period: 1890-1905

Box containing 6 gold-plated “coins” made of blue wash, resembling the iconography of Swiss coins and medals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Beautiful blue and gold illustration on the box.

Your box will be sealed: never opened in 120 years

Prescription book of the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris

Volume 3: from 1953 to 1962

Volume 3 of 4 available from these official registers, originating from a former Parisian pharmacy, which trace twenty-five years of medical history, from the Liberation to the 1970s. Far from being ceremonial documents, these prescription books are authentic working tools, marked by the urgency of everyday life and the evolution of pharmaceutical science.

You are purchasing 1 volume, not all 4 volumes

L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – A Comprehensive Treatise on Botany

L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – Complete Treatise on Botany

At a time when botany was considered the ultimate art of living, this book taught young women, known as demoiselles, how to collect plants, classify flowers, and understand the mysteries of nature with a unique sensitivity.

Illustrated with numerous vignettes, many of them romantic in nature.

By Edmond Audouit

Le Jardin des Plantes

Description and habits of the mammals in the menagerie and the Natural History Museum

By Boitard - Antique book circa 1851

A beautiful snapshot of the museum and its garden in the mid-19th century, featuring interiors of the museum that no longer exist today.

Hermit crab in it's shell under glass bell jar

Dardanus megistos from Indo-Pacific zone

Golden Ex-voto - Votive Offering - Sacred Art - Religious Art by Boncoeurs

An ex-voto (from the Latin ex voto suscepto, “according to the vow made”) is an offering made to a deity or saint in gratitude for a favor received or in request of protection. This offering can take many forms.

These offerings in the form of objects can take many forms and be made from a variety of materials.

Model: Radiant Heart

Golden Ex-voto - Ornament - Votive Offering - Sacred Art - Religious Art by Boncoeurs

An ex-voto (from the Latin ex voto suscepto, “according to the vow made”) is an offering made to a deity or saint in gratitude for a favor received or in request of protection. This offering can take many forms.

These offerings in the form of objects can take many forms and be made from a variety of materials.

Model: Evening Star

Anatomical Atlas by A. Bossu

Anthropology - End of the XIXth century

20 engravings of Anatomy by Léveillé

Syringe for diphtheria serum – Dr Roux method

Wooden box

Label from instrument manufacturer H. Hauptner in Berlin on the box and marking on the large syringe