Le langage des fleurs
The Language of Flowers
Published in 1848
Antique book on the symbolism of flowers
Illustrated with 20 beautiful colored plates
Le langage des fleurs
The Language of Flowers
By Aimé Martin
Published in 1848 in Brussels
Antique book on the symbolism of flowers in the 19th century
Full green leather binding - Ribbed spine - Gilded edges
Illustrated with 20 beautiful colored plates
Dimensions: 6.3x4.2in - 275 pages
A charming work with a poetic description and history of numerous flowers presented in seasonal order, followed by a dictionary of the language of flowers.
Wear to corners and caps, but the interior is in very good condition, very fresh, no foxing.
Butterfly - Natural History color plate
Entomology
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
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
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
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.
A Treatise on Surgery
By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay
Antique illustrated book from 1891
Volume 4
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
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
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
Le corps de l'Homme
Anatomical colour plates with cut-out superimposed leaves
By Edmond Perrier - Schleicher Frères & Cie Editeurs
No date, circa 1900
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.
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.
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
Complete works of BUFFON
Mammals Volume 8 with 37 colour plates
published in 1826
The Anatomy by Heister
Complete with its 14 folding boards at the end of the book
Published in 1735
De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)
By M. de Lignac - Volume 3
Anatomy of procreation - 1779
Le langage des fleurs
The Language of Flowers
Published in 1848
Antique book on the symbolism of flowers
Illustrated with 20 beautiful colored plates
