Botanical Plank - English Botany

Published in 1804

Original copper engraving, enhanced with a hand-made watercolor coloration 

Painted watercolor engraving from the 19th century

Butterflies - Natural History of France

Musée scolaire DEYROLLE - Original Edition of 1886 by Berce

Illustrated with 27 plates including 26 in colors - By Berce

Bat - Natural History Plate

From the book: Natural History by Buffon; dedicated to the citizen Lacépède - Quadrupeds - Second Volume

Published: 1799

Publisher: Chez SAUGRAIN, engraver, rue du Théâtre François, no. 3. THE YEAR VII OF THE REPUBLIC

Natural History Board of Buffon - Éditions Garnier Frères 

Around 1853/1857

Animals - Zoology

Board size: 26.5x17.5cm (Grand In-8)

1937 Codex – French Pharmacopoeia

6th Edition – Decree of 21 February 1937

Volume I only

Notebook – Order book from the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris

Writing on the first four pages only; the rest is blank

Manual of the Naturalist Preparer followed by a Treaty of Embalmings

by BOITARD - Book of 1853

5 fold-out plates at the end of the volume with beautiful engravings

Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples

Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs

By Nicolas Lemery

An antique illustrated pharmacopoeia from 1727 - A Dutch pirated edition

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.

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.