Steampunk Flight of butterflies Napeocles Jucunda et Salamis Parhassus

Herbalist's or Pharmacist's jar

Antique blank label of the XVIIIth century

Diaphanization of a frog - Pelophylax ridibundus crossbred INRA (RIVAN92 strain) 

Biological preparation

The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.

You can see the bones through the skin!

Not a protected species

Entomological box

Composition with 20 Butterflies

Dimensions: 39x26cm

Box hand-bound by a craftsman bookbinder in Anjou

Anatomical articulated skinning 

Paper-cardboard articulated mannequin

Human skeleton

Anatomical plate: "L'Anatomie de L'Homme" by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob -1837/1843

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

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

Elegant Art Nouveau glass vase and bronze candlestick

Made of cast bronze with a patina finish, decorated with naturalistic plant motifs and hand-finished with a file.

Art Nouveau decorative object combining patinated bronze and orange glass in a fluid, asymmetrical plant motif characteristic of the late 19th century.

Circa 1895–1905

Australian saltwater crocodile skull: Crocodylus porosus

Estuary crocodile

With its CITES permit

30cm

Can only be sold in the European Union- Shengen Area

Leaves butterflies under oval glass bell - Kallima Inachus

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

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.

Australian saltwater crocodile skull: Crocodylus porosus

Estuary crocodile

With its CITES permit

33cm

Can only be sold in the European Union- Shengen Area