L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – A Comprehensive Treatise on Botany
L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – Complete Treatise on Botany
At a time when botany was considered the ultimate art of living, this book taught young women, known as demoiselles, how to collect plants, classify flowers, and understand the mysteries of nature with a unique sensitivity.
Illustrated with numerous vignettes, many of them romantic in nature.
By Edmond Audouit
L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – A Comprehensive Treatise on Botany
Immerse yourself in the refined atmosphere of the Second Empire with this copy of L’Herbier des Demoiselles. Much more than a simple treatise on botany, this work by Edmond Audouit, a surgeon in the Imperial Navy, is a true invitation to contemplation and bucolic strolls.
At a time when botany was the art of living par excellence, this book taught young women, the famous demoiselles, how to herbarium, classify flowers, and understand the mysteries of nature with a unique sensitivity.
This book is also typical of its time in the way its author, Edmond Audouit, writes and transmits knowledge.
There is an almost theatrical dimension to his approach.
Imagine this naval surgeon, who probably treated scurvy and weathered storms in the Atlantic, sitting at his desk in Paris explaining with feigned gentleness how to delicately press a flower without damaging its petals.
This fascinating contrast between an imperial adventurer, a hardened sea surgeon, trading his tales of storms for gallantly teaching the science of flowers to the naive young ladies of the Second Empire.
He flatters the intelligence of his female readership while maintaining a position of scholarly superiority. This is what gives the book its unique tone: a mixture of scientific rigor and paternalistic gallantry.
Author: Edmond Audouit
Publisher: Didier et Cie, Paris.
Year of publication: 1857 (New revised and expanded edition). Dimensions: 17x11.5cm
Binding: Period binding in black percaline, spine titled in gold lettering.
Condition: Normal wear and tear. The binding shows some rubbing and small losses to the caps, the upper joint is slightly split at the top. The interior is in good condition.
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
Anatomical Atlas by A. Bossu
Anthropology - End of the XIXth century
20 engravings of Anatomy by Léveillé
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
Le corps de l'Homme
Anatomical colour plates with cut-out superimposed leaves
By Edmond Perrier - Schleicher Frères & Cie Editeurs
No date, circa 1900
Butterfly - Natural History color plate
Entomology
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 8
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1750
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 16
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1761
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
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.
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1749
Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates
De l'Homme et de la Femme (Of Man and Woman)
By M. de Lignac - Volume 3
Anatomy of procreation - 1779
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.
Man and Woman
Anatomy booklet with removable boards
Around 1930's
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
Histoire Générale des drogues -General History of Drugs- (in 2 volumes) In French
General History of Drugs, Simple and Compound, covering the three classes of Plants, Animals & Minerals, everything that is the subject of Physics, Chemistry, Pharmacy, & the Arts most useful to human society. By Sieur Pomet, Grocer & Apothecary
By Pierre Pomet, a famous apothecary of the time.
1735 edition, second edition revised and expanded by Joseph Pomet, son
In two volumes with full leather binding from the period - Good condition
A fascinating journey through the pharmacopoeia of the Grand Siècle, a centrepiece for any cabinet of curiosities
L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – A Comprehensive Treatise on Botany
L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – Complete Treatise on Botany
At a time when botany was considered the ultimate art of living, this book taught young women, known as demoiselles, how to collect plants, classify flowers, and understand the mysteries of nature with a unique sensitivity.
Illustrated with numerous vignettes, many of them romantic in nature.
By Edmond Audouit
