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A good pair of Dubois forceps with large ebony handles. According to Das (OBSTETRIC FORCEPS, 1929:238): Antoine Dubois introduced his forceps in 1791 . He notes: “The handles are peculiar inasmuch as they are made of tempered steel like the rest of the instrument but are covered with a wooden muff, which can be drawn out, if required, disclosing at the end of the male branch a hook and which maybe used by the acchoucheur to extract a dead Read More...

24 Oct

Original drawing by François-Louis de Feriet, A French aristocrat immigrated in USA

By Le Zograscope

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A very finely drawn and divided astronomical drawing certainly used for the demonstration of the variation of solar time according to the position of the earth according to the seasons, circa 1786 The outer circle is divided into two times 12.The middle circle is divided into 360 degrees but the two scales are in opposite directions and offset by 20 degrees (certainly the inclination of the earth’s axis 21° 27′)The central part partly shows the earth with the polar circle, Read More...

24 Oct

Early 19th century Liston knive by Grangeret

By Van Leest Antiques

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A liston-type knive of steel and an ebony handle signed ‘Grangeret’ and marked with a crowned H. Length:18,5 cm. Read More...

23 Oct

An Ecrasseur with Ebony Fittings by Collin

By M and R Gordon

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A very good c1880 ecrasseur by Collin working in Paris, c1880. The fittings are ebony and the mechanism works perfectly. Ecrasseur: “A surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.”. Length without chain: 14″ or 35cm. Read More...

23 Oct

A rare composition photograph of students with Auzoux model, skull, telescope, chemical and physical instrument, circa 1880s’

By Le Zograscope

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A rare composition photograph of students with Auzoux model, skull, telescope, chemical and physical instrument, albumen print, circa 1880. Large size photograph of 23x17cm glued on a cardboard 34×26,5cm. The composition and variation of instruments represented are quite original : telescope, chemical apparatuses, skull, two physical/electrical instruments and one human anatomy model by Auzoux. The number of students is also quit high : 18 people are in the composition. No information about datation and origin but certainly French circa 1880. Quite faded but nice Read More...

23 Oct

19th century veterinary dental forceps Hugard Alfort

By Van Leest Antiques

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A 19th century French veterinary dental forceps, signed ‘Hugard Alfort’ and ‘Hugard’. Length: 31,5 cm. Read More...

18 Oct

Rare Constantin Paul-type binauricular cornet or double hearing tube, early 20th century

By Le Zograscope

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A quite unusual binauricular cornet after the model developped during the 1870s’ by the French physician Constantin Paul : a flexib binauricular hearding aid devices. The present example is built in faux-tortoishel, an heavy coton flexib tubes with metal connections and a later acoustic cornet in plastic. A very rare form of hearing aid device. Size : 1m lenght Read More...

18 Oct

Very rare patented mathematical game for children, c. 1897

By Le Zograscope

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NIERAT (Louis), L’arithmétique récréative, Annecy, [1896-1897] A large board divided into three parts and printed in black on pink paper, 12 cards numbered from 1 to 12, 139 (out of 144) pieces plus many pieces of different colors or neutral wood, a black cotton canvas pocket used to hide all the counters during games, a 6-page explanatory leaflet with one folding leaf ; the whole preserved in its original cardboard case. A very rare educational game used to teach children the Read More...

18 Oct

A socialist mathematical game by Camescasse & Freinet, circa 1933

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LAISANT (Charles-Ange), CAMESCASSE (Jacques) et FREINET (Lucien), L’initiateur mathématique, Saint-Paul, L’imprimerie de l’école, [circa 1933]. A rectangular wooden box (27x12x11cm) containing several hundred white and red cubes, dozens of iron rulers and its user manual (Notice sur l’initiateur mathématiques Camescasse) of 48 pages published by the editions of the printing of the school of Freinet (traces of rust on the rulers, soiled instructions and label on the top of the box with missing and soiled parts). Rare reissue by the pedagogue Read More...

17 Oct

Natural Lodestone made at the 18th Century

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Natural lodestone (or magnetite) with brass mounting and hanging ring. Note: these stones were essential because they allowed the needles of sundials and compasses to be remagnetized, thus maintaining their usability. Dimensions: length 5.5 cm x total height 8.3 cm (with hanging ring). Datable to the 18th century, probably France. Read More...

13 Oct

Antique microscope ‘Grand Modele’ by Nachet (c.1865)

By Viafora

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A Grand Modele Nachet microscope signed on the foot: NACHET et FILS 17 rue St Severin, Paris’ . This is double pillar supported continental limb instrument. It comes with its original dovetailed case, lined in purple silk with padding. Several Nachet accessories are still present with the instrument. The optical tube slides into a carrier split in front to accept it. It has rack and pinion coarse and continental vertical screw fine focus. There are four original objectives and Read More...

13 Oct

Pellin Duboscq Saccharimeter Polarimeter (c.1885)

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A 19th century Saccharimeter Polarimeter scientific instrument by Pellin. A saccharimeter is an instrument for measuring the concentration of sugar solutions. This is commonly achieved using a measurement of refractive index (refractometer) or the angle of rotation of polarization of optically active sugars (polarimeter). The maker of the device was Philibert Francois Pellin ( 1847 – 1923). In 1885 it was the famous Jules Duboscq who started working together with Pellin, and 1 year later became the owner. Pellin published Read More...