Boule de Nancy - Genuine Mars Vulnerary Ball - Steel Ball

This iron-containing ball was once considered a miracle cure for many ailments and injuries.

The Boule de Nancy is sold individually in a small antique drugstore box

Unavailable today

Entomological composition of beetles

27 specimens make up this picture

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

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

Antique surgical board

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

Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 8

Selected Library of Medicine

By François PLANQUE - 1750

Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates

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

Octopus Tentacle Diaphanisation - Octopus vulgaris

Biological preparation

The purpose of diaphanisation is to make fabrics transparent. The fabrics are made transparent using a chemical process, and specific dyes are used.

The flesh is made transparent and the dyes attach themselves to the skin

All tentacles are different: illustrative photos

Steampunk Flight of butterflies Napeocles Jucunda et Salamis Parhassus

Skeleton of an Indonesian pit viper under a globe

Species: Trimeresurus insularis

Bell height: 38 cm

No shipping

Hermit crab in it's shell under glass bell jar

Dardanus megistos from Indo-Pacific zone

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

Antique surgical board

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

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

Superb butterflies in an impressive electric blue