Œuvres choisies de Buffon - Selected Works of Buffon - Natural History
Antique book from 1855
By D. Saucié
Romantic cover - MAME publisher in Tours
Œuvres choisies de Buffon - Selected works of Buffon
Preceded by a note on his life and works
Natural History - Buffon is the famous french naturalist
By D. Saucié - Illustrated by M. Werner, illustrator at the Natural History Museum
Published by Mame in Tours, 1855
Romantic percaline binding embellished with gold and colored motifs.
Format in-8: 22x13.5cm - 396 pages - gilt edges
Wear to the binding, see photos
Scribbles in gray pencil in places inside, see photos
Butterfly - Natural History color plate
Entomology
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 1891
Volume 4
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
The human body - Anatomy of Man
Removable anatomical board
circa 1900 by VIGOT Frères éditeurs
Colored loose-leaf board, cut out and superimposed
Some traces of adhesive on certain organs such as the liver, for example, but not much
Complete works of BUFFON
Mammals Volume 8 with 37 colour plates
published in 1826
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 1892
Volume 8
The leather on the spine of the binding is cracked, see photos
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.
The Anatomy by Heister
Complete with its 14 folding boards at the end of the book
Published in 1735
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...
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 de botanique élémentaire Elementary Botany Course
By Henri Jean Antoine Rodet - Professor at the Imperial Veterinary School of Lyon
Antique book from 1863 - Second edition
Illustrated with numerous black and white figures interspersed throughout the text
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
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)
Œuvres choisies de Buffon - Selected Works of Buffon - Natural History
Antique book from 1855
By D. Saucié
Romantic cover - MAME publisher in Tours
