Le Jardin des Plantes
Description and habits of the mammals in the menagerie and the Natural History Museum
By Boitard - Antique book circa 1851
A beautiful snapshot of the museum and its garden in the mid-19th century, featuring interiors of the museum that no longer exist today.
The Jardin des Plantes
Description and habits of the mammals in the menagerie and the Natural History Museum
Preceded by a historical, descriptive, and picturesque introduction.
Author: Boitard
Publishers: Gustave Barba in Paris
Published around 1851 - 308 pages
Numerous illustrations in the text.
A perspective plan of the Jardin des Plantes, also known as a Chinese map.
Contemporary half-leather binding. Rubbed caps.
Format: 31.5x22cm
A beautiful snapshot of the Museum and its garden in the mid-19th century, showing interiors of the museum that no longer exist today.
Be sure to keep the context of the period in mind when leafing through the pages, as you will inevitably come across terms that are now considered racist, offensive, or derogatory. Remember that times were different then.
Manual of the Naturalist Preparer followed by a Treaty of Embalmings
by BOITARD - Book of 1853
5 fold-out plates at the end of the volume with beautiful engravings
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Anatomical Atlas by A. Bossu
Anthropology - End of the XIXth century
20 engravings of Anatomy by Léveillé
Théâtre à la maison (Theatre at home) by B. Vadier
Circa 1880
Splendid publisher’s binding with cardboard plates from the Hetzel Collection
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1749
Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates
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
La Botanique d'Andrée by Émilie Carpentier
Circa 1885
Splendid publisher’s binding with plates by Albert Souze
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 16
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1761
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples
Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs
By Nicolas Lemery
An antique illustrated pharmacopoeia from 1727 - A Dutch pirated edition
Le corps de l'Homme
Anatomical colour plates with cut-out superimposed leaves
By Edmond Perrier - Schleicher Frères & Cie Editeurs
No date, circa 1900
Notebook – Order book from the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris
Writing on the first four pages only; the rest is blank
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...
De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)
By M. de Lignac - Volume 3
Anatomy of procreation - 1779
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
Butterfly - Natural History color plate
Entomology
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Le Jardin des Plantes
Description and habits of the mammals in the menagerie and the Natural History Museum
By Boitard - Antique book circa 1851
A beautiful snapshot of the museum and its garden in the mid-19th century, featuring interiors of the museum that no longer exist today.
