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.

Flame gorgon - Red Whip Coral on pedestal - Ellisella grandis from Indonesia

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

Entomological box containing a beetle

Species: Heliocopris dominus

Flight of Morpho menelaus butterflies under a Napoleon III-style cloche

Superb butterflies in an impressive electric blue

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

Crow on pedestal - Corvus corone

Perfect in a cabinet of curiosities, a masterpiece!

Note that the wooden crosspiece is not exactly centred on the resin base

Entomological composition of beetles

27 specimens make up this picture

Black entomological box with gold fillet, hand-crafted by an bookbinder craftsman in Anjou

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

Entomological box

Butterflies: Asian Papilio

Papilio ulysses - Papilio blumei - Papilio maackii

Antique surgical board

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

Entomological box

Species: Papilio Bromus butterfly

Pick-up in store in Paris only

168: Hydrangea arborescens Annabelle

Real framed and calligraphed Herbarium

Antique pharmacy display jar

Blown red glass