Anatomical board: "L'Anatomie de L'Homme" by Bourgery and...
Anatomical plate: "L'Anatomie de L'Homme" by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob -1837/1843
Engraved horse skull
Papuan handicraft
Origin: West Papua
Engraved horse skull - Papuan craftsmanship
The skull has been entirely hand-engraved in Papuan villages with ancestral know-how.
In the traditions of the peoples of Papua New Guinea and thus of West Papua, the work of the bone and skull is part of an intimate relationship with the spiritual world and ancestors.
The ritual engravings are not just decoration: they serve a memorial and talisman function.
Anthropomorphic and symbolic motifs (geometries, dots, triangles) make it possible to honor spirits, channel protective energies, or mark one’s belonging to a clan.
Each incision transforms the bone into a receptacle of protective forces and testifies to an ancestral know-how passed on from generation to generation.
Varnished skull
Origin: West Papua
Approximate dimensions: 50x22cm Height: 25cm
The skull weighs 3Kg
Anatomical plate: "L'Anatomie de L'Homme" by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob -1837/1843
Butterfly - Natural History color plate
Entomology
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Southern eland polish horn
Horn on pedestal - Taurotragus oryx
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Scyphocrinus fossil
Sea lilies - 420 million years (From 443.4 to 358.9 Ma)
Mummy head - Human skull REPLICA
Artist reproduction by Jérôme Cavailles
Portable autopsy kit from the mid-19th century
Maison Charrière in Paris, circa 1845–1870
Mahogany case for autopsy and dissection
Small portable mahogany case containing a set of autopsy instruments: hook hammer, bone chisel, enterotome scissors, probes, hooks and suture needles. Used by forensic scientists and anatomists for opening and examining bodies.
Charrière, a major 19th-century Parisian manufacturer, was a pioneer in the design of high-precision surgical and anatomical instruments.
Mahogany and polished steel: 23 × 11 cm
Please note: crack in the wood under the case
A beautiful object, very rare to find
Butterflies flying under an antique Napoleon III victorian glass dome
Under a 19th-century glass globe
Composition - Label of the City of Paris - Fabriqué à Paris 2026
Only available for pick-up in store at Paris, as the butterflies under the glass dome are too fragile to be shipped
Antique bezoar - Antipoison - Antidote
Once sold by the apothecary, bezoar, also known as gallstone, was reputed to have the same anti-poison properties as the legendary unicorn's horn, hence its excessively high price, also due to its great rarity.
An important piece in a cabinet of curiosities
Sold alone - Without stand, sold separately
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 16
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1761
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Black Bear Skull from Canada
Ursus americanus
You must live in the European Union to buy this skull
Not for sale outside the European Union
Sold with its CITES import permit
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
Dragon Stone
Septaria egg of Madagascar
De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)
By M. de Lignac - Volume 3
Anatomy of procreation - 1779
Entomological box
Composition with South American butterflies
Morpho and heliconius
Engraved horse skull
Papuan handicraft
Origin: West Papua