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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.
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
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.
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
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
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 complet de Physique et de Météorologie - Complete Manual of Physics and Meteorology
By Ajasson de Grandsagne and L. Fouché
Second edition published in Brussels in 1835
Illustrated with 6 folding plates depicting more than 250 figures. (torn: see photos)
L'École du pharmacien - Eléments de matière médicale
The School of Pharmacy - Elements of Medical Science
By J. Léon Soubeiran
Published in 1878 by J. Rothschild, Publisher
Work illustrated with 547 black and white vignettes in the text
A Treatise on Surgery
By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay
Antique illustrated book from 1891
Volume 4
Butterfly - Natural History color plate
Entomology
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Œuvres choisies de Buffon - Selected Works of Buffon - Natural History
Antique book from 1855
By D. Saucié
Romantic cover - MAME publisher in Tours
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.
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
De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)
By M. de Lignac - Volume 3
Anatomy of procreation - 1779
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
Le langage des fleurs
The Language of Flowers
Published in 1848
Antique book on the symbolism of flowers
Illustrated with 20 beautiful colored plates