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Flight of butterflies under an antique Napoleon III-era glass dome
Species: 5 Parides eurimedes butterflies
Only available for pick-up in store at Paris, as the butterflies under the glass dome are too fragile to be shipped
Flight of butterflies under an antique Napoleon III-era glass dome
Species: 5 Parides eurimedes butterflies from Ecuador (bred in captivity)
On a twisted willow branch and an antique 19th-century bronze rosette
Only available for pick-up in store at Paris, as the butterflies under the glass dome are too fragile to be shipped
Dimensions: 31 cm high - Base diameter: 16.5 cm
Made in Paris in our Montmartre workshop - Label from the City of Paris: Fabriqué à Paris 2025
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
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 6
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1749
Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates
Entomological composition of beetles
28 specimens make up this picture
Black entomological box: 26x39cm
Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"
by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob
Volume 3 - 1844
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.
Skeleton of an Indonesian pit viper under a globe
Species: Trimeresurus insularis
Bell height: 38 cm
No shipping
19th century Herbalist's or Pharmacy crystal jar
Iris
Rostrum of swordfish XXL size
Xiphias gladius
Dimensions: 111.5cm - EXCEPTIONAL SIZE
Celestine Egg - Mineral WITH base
Origin: Madagascar
Be careful to protect it from water, which alters it: it dissolves or cracks on contact!
Sold with base
Flame gorgon - Red Whip Coral on pedestal - Ellisella grandis from Indonesia
Megalodon tooth fossil - Otodus megalodon
11.8cm
Indonesia
Fossil shark tooth
Deer antler wood sculpture - Octopus on pedestal
Material : Antler
Origin: Indonesia
Dragon Stone
Septaria egg of Madagascar
It's huge!
Flight of butterflies under an antique Napoleon III-era glass dome
Species: 5 Parides eurimedes butterflies
Only available for pick-up in store at Paris, as the butterflies under the glass dome are too fragile to be shipped