Engraving by Buffon - Natural History

From Balck Atlas of Œuvres Complètes de Buffon published in 1826 

Birds

Original heraldic engraving on copper (1722) in colour - A System of Heraldry - By Alexander Nisbet

The vignette was cut from an original folio sheet and then hand-enhanced with a subtle watercolor painting.

The event is presented under a modern passe-partout

Family coat of arms: McClellan of Barclay

Man - Anatomical chart that can be disassembled

By Fernand Nathan Editeur publisher

Coloured chart with movable, cut-out and superimposed leaves

There are defects on the superimposed boards; the outer board, which was the man's torso, is missing, as are the lungs, which were above the heart. The left hand is missing, the arm being torn.

Anatomy - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869

In colors

Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History

Atlas de poche des Oiseaux De France (Pocket Atlas of the Birds of France)

from Switzerland and Belgium - Useful or Harmful

72 colored plates and 4 black plates representing 70 birds, 28 eggs, and 4 nests

This is not a reissue but the original edition of 1908.

Natural History Board 

Oeuvres du comte de Lacépède, comprenant l'histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, des serpents, des poissons et des cétacés: accompagnées de 150 planches gravées sur acier, représentant au moins 500 animaux.

Published in 1836 by P.Duménil, Publisher in Paris

Snakes - Zoology

Color plates, watercolor and gummed engraving.

Board size: 22x13.5cm (In-8)

Butterfly - Natural History color plate 

Entomology

You buy 1 plate, not the whole set

Notebook – Order book from the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris

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

Natural History Board of Buffon - Éditions Garnier Frères 

Around 1853/1857

Animals - Zoology

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

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

Anatomical chart by Paulet and Sarazin

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

Published in 1867-1870

Chromolithography

You buy 1 plate, not the whole set

Painted botanical plate - Cryptogamy

Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania on the corvettes the Astrolabe and the Zélée, executed by order of the king during the years 1837-1838-1839-1840 under the command of M. Dumont-d'Urville captain of vessel

Published in 1846

Atlas of Natural History - Botany

Cryptogamy

Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6

Selected Library of Medicine

By François PLANQUE - 1749

Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates

Antique surgical board

From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796

Ancient engraving -board of Natural History in colour nineteenth century

Man and Woman

Anatomy booklet with removable boards

Around 1930's