Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6

Selected Library of Medicine

By François PLANQUE - 1749

Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates

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.

Plate - 19th century colour engraving from Natural History

By Morris, circa 1870 - A History of British Birds

Birds Eggs - In colour

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

Coat of arms of the family: Dalrymple of Cranstoun

Anatomical Atlas by A. Bossu

Anthropology - End of the XIXth century

20 engravings of Anatomy by Léveillé

Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 16

Selected Library of Medicine

By François PLANQUE - 1761

Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates

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

by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob 

Volume 3 - 1844

Engraving by Buffon - Natural History

From Balck Atlas of Œuvres Complètes de Buffon published in 1826 

Birds

Natural History Board of Buffon - Éditions Garnier Frères 

Around 1853/1857

Animals - Zoology

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

Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 8

Selected Library of Medicine

By François PLANQUE - 1750

Complete original edition with 10 fold-out 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

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.

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)

Antique surgical board

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

Théâtre à la maison (Theatre at home) by B. Vadier

Circa 1880

Splendid publisher’s binding with cardboard plates from the Hetzel Collection

La Botanique d'Andrée by Émilie Carpentier

Circa 1885 

Splendid publisher’s binding with plates by Albert Souze