Le corps de l'Homme

Anatomical colour plates with cut-out superimposed leaves

By Edmond Perrier - Schleicher Frères & Cie Editeurs

No date, circa 1900

Plate - 19th century colour engraving from Natural History

By Morris, circa 1870 - A History of British Birds

Birds Eggs - In colour

L'art de procréer les sexes à volonté - The art of procreating sexes at will 

By Millot - With illustrated plates 

Antique book from 1802 (Year X of the Republic) - Third edition

The author explains how to procreate boys and girls, and gives his recipes for treating sterility and malformations...

Anatomy - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869

In colors

Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History

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

Cours d'opérations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal

Course of surgical operations, demonstrated in the Royal Garden

Published in 1751 in Paris, by d'Houry, sole printer and bookseller to Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans

Fourth edition

Illustrated with numerous plates and engravings in the text, including the famous plate of Poor Malabou and her scrotal elephantiasis on page 112/113, which the author mentions on page 373.

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

Anatomical Atlas by A. Bossu

Anthropology - End of the XIXth century

20 engravings of Anatomy by Léveillé

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.

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

by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob 

Volume 3 - 1844

Anatomie de L'Homme - 1831

Anatomy of Man

Volume 2 with its black and white Atlas - 99 lithography

By Dr Bourgery and the illustrator Jacob

Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 8

Selected Library of Medicine

By François PLANQUE - 1750

Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates

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

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 16

Selected Library of Medicine

By François PLANQUE - 1761

Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates

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