Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples

Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs

By Nicolas Lemery

Antique illustrated pharmacopoeia - 1760

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.

Common magpie on branch 

Pica pica

Antique taxidermy with defects

Perfect in a cabinet of curiosities, a masterpiece!

Antique and large drum microscope

In it's mahogany wooden box

For botanist, entomologist

This is a larger model than those usually found on the market

Marcasite - white iron pyrite

Also known as thunderball in Champagne in France

Ref D

Weight: 1.47Kg Approx. diameter: 9cm

Histoire Naturelle des Drogues Simples (Natural History of Simple Drugs)

Volume 2: Botany

By Guibourt - Antique Book circa 1860

Antique brass drum microscope with a magnifying glass on an articulated arm

XIXth century

Without box

Encyclopédie Pratique d'Electricité - Practical Encyclopedia of Electricity

Librairie QUILLET - 1937 - Volume 1

With 5 removable boards

The binding is damaged

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

A Treatise on Surgery 

By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay

Antique illustrated book from 1891

Volume 4

A Treatise on Surgery 

By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay

Antique illustrated book from 1890

Volume 2

A Treatise on Surgery 

By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay

Antique illustrated book from 1890

Volume 1