EditorialMedical instrument, Phlebotomy Outfit, 1750-1850, Possibly made in France. Phlebotomy, or blood-letting, has a long history and was a remedy for many illnesses, its height of popularity being the 18th century. This phlebotomy outfit contains a brass sc...
EditorialMedical instrument, Phlebotomy Outfit, 1750-1850, Possibly made in France. Phlebotomy, or blood-letting, has a long history and was a remedy for many illnesses, its height of popularity being the 18th century. This phlebotomy outfit contains a brass sc...
EditorialSusanne, Countess of Forez, Suzanne de Bourbon, 1491-1521. Only daughter of Pierre II de Beaujeu and Anne of France. Handcoloured lithograph after a stained-glass window in the Abbaye de Savigny from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes His...
EditorialG. Cetonia 3, Beetle, Figs. 1-6: C. Monacha, C. Savigny, C. Olivacea, C. Ornata, C. Interrupta, Affinis, Signed: E. Gu?rin pinx, Oudet Sculp, Raymond Imp, Publi? par JB Bailli?re, Pl. 33, p. 410, Gu?rin-M?neville, F?lix-?douard (pinx.); Oudet, Marie Ni...
EditorialGyps kolbii, Print, Gyps is a genus of Old World vultures in the bird family Accipitridae. Created by Marie Jules C?sar Savigny in 1809, 1796-1808.