De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)

By M. de Lignac - Volume 3 

Anatomy of procreation - 1779

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

Botanical plate

Published in 1846

Atlas of Natural History - Botany

Phanerogamy

Notebook – Order book from the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris

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

Ancient engraving -board of Natural History in colour nineteenth century

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.

Antique surgical board

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

Deadly book, poisoned with arsenic

Beautés des voyages anciens et modernes

Romantic cover with emerald green color named Vert de Paris based on Arsenic

The book should be handled with care, using gloves, and placed in a display case

Butterfly - Natural History color plate 

Entomology

You buy 1 plate, not the whole set

Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6

Selected Library of Medicine

By François PLANQUE - 1749

Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates

Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples

Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs

By Nicolas Lemery

An antique illustrated pharmacopoeia from 1727 - A Dutch pirated edition

Botanical Plank - English Botany

Published in 1804

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

Painted watercolor engraving from the 19th century

Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"

by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob 

Volume 3 - 1844

Wall decoration of Pompeii - Herculaneum mosaics: Chromolithographic plate

By Wilhelm Zahn

Published between 1832 and 1849

YOU ARE PURCHASING 1 SINGLE BOARD - NOT THE BOOK OR THE SET OF BOARDS

Engraving by Buffon - Natural History

From Balck Atlas of Œuvres Complètes de Buffon published in 1826 

Birds

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

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