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

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

Antique bezoar - Antipoison - Antidote

Once sold by the apothecary, bezoar, also known as gallstone, was reputed to have the same anti-poison properties as the legendary unicorn's horn, hence its excessively high price, also due to its great rarity.

An important piece in a cabinet of curiosities

Sold alone - Without stand, sold separately

Antique surgical board

From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796

Antique surgical board

From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796

Fish - Antique chart  by D'Orbigny - 1869

In colors

Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History

Atlas of descriptive anatomy of the human body

Anatomy board

By Doctors Bonamy and Paul Broca

Draftsman: Emile BEAU

Published on July 1st 1854

Plate - Antique natural history engraving in color

XIXth century

botany - mushroom - snake - bird