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Anatomical print of the heart by Jacques Fabian Gautier d’Agoty made in 1752. Plate 13 was part of the Anatomie generale des viscères en situation, de grandeur et couleur naturelle, avec l’angeologie, et la nevrologie de chaque partie du corps humain (Full edition). The print is inscribed with ‘Planche XIII de L’Anatomie des Visceres, Dissequez peintz et gravez par Mr Gautier’ and ‘Correction de la neuviene Table Figure 2e ALMK cupe de l’arettet droitte a Q l’extremité de l’oreillete gauche qui recou Read More...

16 May

Gautier d’Agoty anatomical print of the heart, plate 14

By Van Leest Antiques

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Anatomical print of the heart by Jacques Fabian Gautier d’Agoty made in 1752. Plate 14 was part of the Anatomie generale des viscères en situation, de grandeur et couleur naturelle, avec l’angeologie, et la nevrologie de chaque partie du corps humain (Full edition). The print is inscribed with ‘Planche XIII de L’Anatomie des Visceres, Dissequez peintz et gravez par Mr Gautier’ and ‘Figure 1re Qr la crosse de l’aorte’s la racine de ses branches superieur Fig 2e CC coupe qui Read More...

10 May

Large Amputation saw in wrought iron 18TH Century

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Large Amputation saw in wrought iron 18TH Century Read More...

07 May

Mid-size microscope signed “Dr. Arthur Chevalier, 158 Palais Royal”, 1870-1874

By Eppursimuove

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Mid-size microscope signed on the arm “Dr. Arthur Chevalier, 158 Palais-Royal”, 1870-1874. Mahogany case (height): 29 cm, instrument height: 27 cm. Very good condition. One of the stage clips is missing. The microscope preserves three eyepieces, three objectives preserved in their brass canisters, all signed, and the stage mounted bull’s eye lens, exactly as described in the Arthur Chevalier catalogues (see the last image, number 28, figure 14). As the “Dr” title is present in the signature on this microscope, it dates Read More...

02 May

Miniature Terrestrial Globe By Delamarche 1851 Paris

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Miniature Terrestrial Globe By Delamarche 1851 Rue du Battoir Paris on his original marble foot. Read More...

29 Apr

18 TH Century Trepanning instrument

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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18 TH Century Trepanning instrument with wooden handle. Read More...

24 Apr

Large Surveying Graphometer Meurand A Paris C. 1770 29,5 CM

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Large Surveying Graphometer Meurand A Paris C. 1770 29,5 CM Silvered compass with 16 Directions. Very well engraved. Foot with joint-ball Signed MEURAND Quai de l’Horloge à Paris Read More...

19 Apr

Paire of Tellurium By Henri Robert Paris C 1830

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Paire of Tellurium By Henri Robert Paris C 1830 One with Earth and Moon with mechanism for Moon phase mounted on wooden base One with hand mechanism with Copernican system with Sun and Earth with a handle mechanism mounted in wooden base Read More...

12 Apr

Hourglass in a red and gold painted metal frame made in France circa 1720/1730

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Hourglass with three flasks in a red and gold painted metal frame. Each base is decorated with a bird in the grass. The wider base features a frieze of stylized flowers and the narrower base a quatrefoil motif. The two bases are linked by six columns. The hourglass in the centre is made up of two flasks, one of which is double. Bubbled white glass and beige fabric seal covered with brocade thread. Beige silica sand. Dimensions: height of 15,3 cm x diameters 5,9 / Read More...

04 Apr

Marion Optician a Paris cistern barometer

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A cistern barometer by Marion, Opticien Passage de l’Opéra n13 a Paris. The barometer has a foldable wooden cover with closable sliding spyhole. The barometer is divided into two metal plates, the top plate is ‘heauteures metriques’ or metric heights. The lower plate is a thermometer and is signed 1820-1830. From top to the bottom under the thermometer tube with mercury. Hubert Melchior Marion (1809-1861) was born as a son of a wine merchant and was an optician in Paris. Read More...

02 Apr

Marble Garden Sundial LENOIR Quai de L’Horloge a Paris C.1780

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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Marble Garden Sundial LENOIR Quai de L’Horloge a Paris Read More...

30 Mar

18th century Abbé Nolet single barrel type vacuum pump

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An 18th century Abbé Nolet single barrel type vacuum pump. It consists a single barrel supported on a high oak wooden tripod with carved floral motives. Between the legs the rod of the piston is projected. It terminates in a stirrup into which the foot was inserted to lower the piston. It was also equipped with a handle for reversing the movement. The plate is situated above the cylinder. This model of simple construction was fairly widespread in the fashionable Read More...