Anatomical chart by Ludovic Hirschfeld drawn by Léveillé

From Traité et iconographie du système nerveux et des organes des sens de l'homme avec leur mode de préparation

Published in 1866

Lithography

You buy 1 plate, not the whole set

Entomological box

Composition with 20 Butterflies

Dimensions: 39x26cm

Box hand-bound by a craftsman bookbinder in Anjou

Ex-Voto heart in clay by Cuore di Argilla 

Italy crafts - Made in Venice

A contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional ex-voto, originally a votive offering made to a god in request of a grace or in thanks for a grace obtained after a vow.

Rare and authentic wall sign panel

Pharmacy and fitting brand - Miss Hélène Deux, Bandagiste & 1st class Herbalist

Officine sign panel in painted wood from the 19th-20th century hinge: 1890-1920.

The sign is made of 2 reinforced wood panels at the back. There is a space between the 2 panels.

The sign features a superb art lettering entirely made freehand by a letter painter (superb contrasts of blue and brown, neat full and loose) 

Witness to the history of pharmacy and ancient orthopaedics: the bandagist shaping leather and frames for corsets and restraints, and the herbalist 1st class, a profession that has disappeared since the abolition of the diploma in 1941.

Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples

Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs

By Nicolas Lemery

An antique illustrated pharmacopoeia from 1727 - A Dutch pirated edition

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

Octopus Tentacle Diaphanisation - Octopus vulgaris

Large Model

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 here the dyes will adhere to the skin that has not been removed.

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

Australian saltwater crocodile skull: Crocodylus porosus

Estuary crocodile

With its CITES permit

31cm

Can only be sold in the European Union- Shengen Area

Australian saltwater crocodile skull: Crocodylus porosus

Estuary crocodile

With its CITES permit

33cm

Can only be sold in the European Union- Shengen Area

Duckling Diaphanisation - Domestic duck

Anas platyrhynchos domestica

Biological preparation

The purpose of diaphanization is to make transparent, fabrics are made transparent by a chemical process, and specific dyes highlight the skeleton.

You see the bones through the flesh!

It is not a protected species.

Wall decoration of Pompeii - Herculaneum mosaics: Chromolithographic plate

By Wilhelm Zahn

Published between 1832 and 1849

YOU ARE PURCHASING 1 SINGLE BOARD - NOT THE BOOK OR THE SET OF BOARDS

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

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

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 here the dyes will adhere to the skin that has not been removed.

All tentacles are different: illustrative photos