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.

Fossil wood slice

Petrified wood from Indonesia

Fossil wood slice

Petrified wood from Indonesia

Ref A

Common magpie on branch 

Pica pica

Antique taxidermy with defects

Perfect in a cabinet of curiosities, a masterpiece!

Hypodermic Pravaz syringe - 19th century

Metal syringe in it's case

not functional

Entomological box 9x12cm

Species: Pair of Herculaisia melaleuca beetles from Vietnam caught in 1999 

Entomological box

Species: Seathorn hawk-moth Butterfly - Hyles Hippophaes

Collected in France in 1975

Crustacean: Common Barnacle - Balanus perforatus

Mounted on a square wooden base 

Crustacean: Common Barnacle - Balanus perforatus

Mounted on a square wooden base 

Crustacean: Common Barnacle - Balanus perforatus

Mounted on a square wooden base 

Mixture 2153

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Apothecary vial