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.

Man - Anatomical chart that can be disassembled

By Fernand Nathan Editeur publisher

Coloured chart with movable, cut-out and superimposed leaves

There are defects on the superimposed boards; the outer board, which was the man's torso, is missing, as are the lungs, which were above the heart. The left hand is missing, the arm being torn.

The Anatomy by Heister

Complete with its 14 folding boards at the end of the book

Published in 1735

A Treatise on Surgery 

By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay

Antique illustrated book from 1892

Volume 8

The leather on the spine of the binding is cracked, see photos

A Treatise on Surgery 

By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay

Antique illustrated book from 1891

Volume 4

Anatomical chart by Paulet and Sarazin

From the Traité d'anatomie topographique (Treatise on topographical anatomy)

Published in 1867-1870

Chromolithography

You buy 1 plate, not the whole set

Anatomie de L'Homme - circa 1845

Volume 4 Atlas: Apparatus of nutrition - Angelology - Organs of circulation and respiration

Followed by his Atlas in black and white

By Dr. Bourgery and illustrator Jacob 

Antique surgical board

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

L'art de procréer les sexes à volonté - The art of procreating sexes at will 

By Millot - With illustrated plates 

Antique book from 1802 (Year X of the Republic) - Third edition

The author explains how to procreate boys and girls, and gives his recipes for treating sterility and malformations...

Manuel d'Anatomie descriptive du corps humain - Atlas

Anatomical Atlas - Manual of Descriptive Anatomy of the Human Body

In quarto

By Dr Cloquet - 1831 - IN COLOUR - Volume III only

Atlas consisting of 172 lithographed plates, most in colour

Binding very damaged, the leather has been torn from the boards, the first few leaves are fragile, even loose, but the rest is in good condition, the plates are very beautiful.  see photos.

Attention this is Volume 2 of the Atlas, there are no plates from Volume 1 of the Atlas. The title pages at the beginning of the book are missing.

Le corps de l'Homme

Anatomical colour plates with cut-out superimposed leaves

By Edmond Perrier - Schleicher Frères & Cie Editeurs

No date, circa 1900

Antique surgical board

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

De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)

By M. de Lignac - Volume 3 

Anatomy of procreation - 1779

Butterfly - Natural History color plate 

Entomology

You buy 1 plate, not the whole set

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

Le langage des fleurs

The Language of Flowers

Published in 1848

Antique book on the symbolism of flowers

Illustrated with 20 beautiful colored plates