Entomology bound box

Butterfly: Papilio Antimachus also known as Giant African Swallowtail

The Antimachus is a toxic and enigmatic butterfly

Botany plate by Michel Etienne Descourtilz

From the Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles ou histoire naturelle des plantes usuelles des colonies françaises, anglaises, espagnoles et portugaises.

Published in 1827/1833

Painted engraving from the 19th century

Botany plate by Édouard-Adolphe Duchesne

From the Atlas du Répertoire des plantes utiles et des plantes du globe published in 1846 

19th-century color lithograph

Engraving by Buffon - Natural History

From Balck Atlas of Œuvres Complètes de Buffon published in 1826 

Birds

Anatomy - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869

In colors

Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History

Entomological frame 

Scarab Goliathus meleagris male with spread wings

Birds - Antique chart  by D'Orbigny - 1869

In colors

Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History

Anatomy of Man by Cloquet

Anatomical lithography in black and white 

The plates date from circa 1852

Stamp of the Franco-Belgian Literary and Artistic Convention of 22 August 1852