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Eighteen Square Feet of Marvelous Prints, French, c. 1860’s. Each large plate measures approximately 12″ x 18″ (30 x 46 cm), mounted on card 16-1/2″ x 22-1/2″. The plates are engraved and lithographed by Willaeys, and printed by Leroy at 66 r. des Marais in Paris. They are colored and preserved with a wonderful freshness, depicting a wide range of electric devices including hand-cranked and liquid-battery-powered electro-medical devices (with one known as the “American apparatus”), galvanoplasty and telegraph instruments, Read More...

20 Feb

C. 1850 Traube’s Pleximeter

By M and R Gordon

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A very good example of Traube’s pleximeter with scale. The body is bone and the hinged wings (aka: ears) are German silver with floral decoration. Length as shown in first image: 3.25″ (8 cm). A couple of rock-solid hairlines but overall in nice condition. The first image most closely captures the color of the bone. The London Science Museum has a similar example in its collection–see link below: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co92098/pleximeter-by-charriere-of-paris Read More...

20 Feb

SITTLER’S CODE BOOK

By TESSERACT

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Public Permitted to Telegraph Coded Phrases! French, published 1885, entitled Dictionnaire Abréviatif Chiffré. Bound in maroon fabric, 4-3/4″ x 7-3/4″ (12 x 20 cm), the book has 100 pages, each with 100 numbered words and phrases arranged alphabetically throughout, plus three pages of instructions, enabling “Correspondence Secrète.” Condition is good, the last few pages coming loose. This “7th edition” explains that all editions are the same, also that a French law of 13 June 1866 permitted the public to correspond Read More...

15 Feb

Compound microscope with achromatic lenses by Buron, 1840-45

By Le Zograscope

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[BURON (Noël), attributed to]. Compound microscope with achromatic lenses, unsigned, Paris, circa 1840-45. Brass, steel, glass, mahogany and purple velvet; box: 26x15x9cm. French achromatic microscope unsigned but attributable to the work of the engineer-optician Noël Buron. He succeeded his father in 1818 and remarkably developed the family business, becoming one of the main French manufacturers of scientific instruments from the 1830s to the 1850s. Very few instruments bearing his signature are known. Buron’s business model was based on export, particularly to Read More...

12 Feb

PROSTHETIC DEMONSTRATION SET DENTISTERY , MODEL INTENTED FOR DENTAL ART VECABE PATENT CASED COMPLETE

By Antiques Le Saint Georges

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This set is signed by Vecabe, marked in French ” VECABE Brevet d’invention 875.996 SGDG Modèle d’examen destiné à l’art dentaire, Brevets dans tous les pays civilisés. Numbered 11289 Traduction : “VECABE Patent 875.996 SGDG Examination model intended for dental art, Patents in all civilized countries. Number 11289” The set includes a complete articulator with all its components in excellent condition. Additionally, it comes with numerous crown and bridge components that can be fitted into the articulator. The dimensions of the case Read More...

10 Feb

THE “TOURNIQUET HYDRALIQUE” — A DEMONSTRATION WATER MOTOR

By TESSERACT

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The Beauty of Water Power, probably French, c. third quarter 18th century, this a remarkable example of Revolutionary design, with fine painted images of water scenes. The device stands 23-1/4″ (59 cm) in overall height, and 20″ (51 cm) across. The base and framework are constructed of beautifully grained hardwood, perhaps French walnut. The frame supports a rotatable cone shaped as a quiver full of arrows, and a lower 12″ (30 cm) diameter pan, both made of sheet steel Read More...

06 Feb

Jules Cloquet print head cross section 1825

By Van Leest Antiques

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Hand coloured anatomical print no. 181 of a cross section of the head. from Jules Cloquet’s Manuel d’anatomie descriptive du corps humain of 1825 from volume 2 (of 4 volumes). The print depicts a cross section of the left side of a man’s head, on which the back of the septum of the nasal cavities has been removed, so as to show the inner surface of the pituitary membrane which lines this septum on the left side, and to Read More...

06 Feb

Jules Cloquet print inferior mesenteric artery 1825

By Van Leest Antiques

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Jules Cloquet print inferior mesenteric artery 1825 Hand coloured anatomical print no. 231 of the inferior mesenteric artery. from Jules Cloquet’s Manuel d’anatomie descriptive du corps humain of 1825 from volume 2 (of 4 volumes). The print shows the inferior mesentreric artery which supply blood to the intestines, both small and large intestines. The volume contained over 340 illustrations of Haincelin. Besides from the one shown here, we have many others, with various topics, do not mind to get in Read More...

06 Feb

Jules Cloquet print male foetal skeleton 1825

By Van Leest Antiques

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Hand coloured anatomical print no. 47 of a male foetal skeleton from Jules Cloquet’s Manuel d’anatomie descriptive du corps humain of 1825 from volume 2 (of 4 volumes). The print shows the male foetal skeleton seen from the front and in profile. The volume contained over 340 illustrations of Haincelin. Besides from the one shown here, we have many others, with various topics, do not mind to get in touch with us. Jules Germain Cloquet (18 December 1790 – Read More...

06 Feb

Jules Cloquet print male and female skeleton 1825

By Van Leest Antiques

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Hand coloured anatomical print no. 46 of a male and female skeleton from Jules Cloquet’s Manuel d’anatomie descriptive du corps humain of 1825 from volume 2 (of 4 volumes). The print shows the two skeletons of a man and a woman shown in the previous plates [of the book], seen in profile and set against each other, so as to make it easier to grasp the differences in the dimensions and conformation of their various parts. The volume contained over Read More...

06 Feb

Charriere-type 3 blades vaginal speculum by Capron, circa 1840

By Le Zograscope

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A fine Charriere-type 3 blades vaginal speculum signed by Capron, datable circa 1840.The three blades are made in silvered brass, some part of the instrument in iron and the obturator in ebony and steel.The instrument is complete.This new speculum was introduced by Charrière in 1837. Examples by Capron are rare.Size : 19x8cm Read More...

05 Feb

Large French pharmaceutical homeopathic set by J. Boiron

By Nautilus Antiques

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A large pharmaceutical homeopathic set by J. Boiron, from France, I’d guess early 1900’s. There are 248 slots, 246 numbered little containers with cork (2 containers are missed) and most of them comes with the original content. There’s an hand written legenda from 1 to 216. Measurements of the case are 24 x 20 x 6 cm Read More...