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.
Notebook – Order book from the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris
Writing on the first four pages only; the rest is blank
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.
Man and Woman
Anatomy booklet with removable boards
Around 1930's
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 8
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1750
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Anatomical Atlas by A. Bossu
Anthropology - End of the XIXth century
20 engravings of Anatomy by Léveillé
Le Buffon Pittoresque de la Jeunesse ou Tableaux Instructifs et Amusants de l'Histoire des Animaux
Publisher's red, green, and gold polychrome cloth binding by Lefèvre & Guérin - 1885/1895
Illustrated with in-text vignettes and full-page plates featuring animal combats, hunting, and expeditions.
Archival document: Includes the original manuscript school prize certificate dated August 9, 1900.
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
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 16
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1761
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Théâtre à la maison (Theatre at home) by B. Vadier
Circa 1880
Splendid publisher’s binding with cardboard plates from the Hetzel Collection
Atlas de poche des Oiseaux De France (Pocket Atlas of the Birds of France)
from Switzerland and Belgium - Useful or Harmful
72 colored plates and 4 black plates representing 70 birds, 28 eggs, and 4 nests
This is not a reissue but the original edition of 1908.
Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples
Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs
By Nicolas Lemery
An antique illustrated pharmacopoeia from 1727 - A Dutch pirated edition
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
De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)
By M. de Lignac - Volume 3
Anatomy of procreation - 1779
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
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.
