French physician, botanist, & explorer Bonpland writes

1798 BOTANY Pierre Bulliard Mushrooms Mycology Illustrated Linnaean Science Pierre Bulliard was an 18th-century French botanist and physician who is most-remembered for his ‘Elementary Dictionary of

French physician and politician (1738-1814) whose name became synonymous with the 'humane' instrument of execution whose use he proposed to the government during the French Revolution. Manuscr

French physician and anthropologist (1824-1880) who discovered the seat of motor control of speech in the brain. ALS in French, signed “P. Broca,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25

French physician and politician (1738-1814) whose name became synonymous with the 'humane' instrument of execution whose use he proposed to the government during the French Revolution. Rare DS

1790 1st ed Vaillant Africa Voyages Hottentot Ethnology Zoology Birds Giraffe 2v François Le Vaillant was an 18th-century French explorer known for his descriptions of animals and birds in Afric

Autographs 1937 Dated "Albert Schweitzer" Autograph Letter Signed ALBERT SCHWEITZER (1875-1965). French Physician, Philosopher, Missionary and Musician. January 17, 1937-Dated, Autograph Letter Signed

ALBERT SCHWEITZER (1875 - 1965) French physician and theologian, a specialist in tropical medicine. Dramatic S.P. 3 1/2" x 5" b/w, a dramatic pose of the famous physician seated and playing an organ,

1675 1ed Anatomy Surgery & Pseudo-Medicine Cures Philosophy Science French Lamy Guillaume Lamy was a 17th-century French physician who was remembered for his attempts to fuse traditional medicine with

BRAZZA PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE: (1852-1905) Italian-French explorer of Central Africa. A.L.S., P S de Brazza, two pages, n.p., 19th January 1885, to a Colonel, in French. Brazza apologises for not having

1790 1ed Vaillant Africa Voyages Hottentot Ethnology Zoology Birds Giraffe 2v SET François Le Vaillant was an 18th-century French explorer known for his descriptions of animals and birds in Afri

1830 D’Urville Pacific Voyages Illustrations Australia Tahiti MAPS Hawaii Jules Dumont D’Urville was a 19th-century French explorer who is best known for his voyages in the South Pacific and Antar

1856 1st ed Lion Hunter AFRICA Big Game Hunting Adventures of Jules Gerard Jules Gerard, also known as ‘the lion killer’, was a 19th-century French explorer and expert on weapons. He earned his ni

[SPECIMEN ALBUMS - PLANTS OF THE PYRENEES]. BORDÈRE, Victor Henri (1825-1889). A group of three sample books by the French botanist, circa 1880s, including: Flore des Pyrénées, Flore de

1787 BOTANY Francois Rozier on Agriculture Plants Agronomy Flowers Plates 3v Francois Rozier was an 18th-century French botanist best known for his book ‘Demonstrations of Elementary Botany’. This

1673 Barles Medicine Blood Circulation Discoveries William Harvey Surgery Louis Barles was a 17th-century French physician who specialized in developing the theories of blood circulation established b

GORKY MAXIM: (1868-1936) Russian Writer and political socialist Activist. A good L.S., M. Gorky, in Cyrillic, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Axel Gallen in Helsinki, in French. Gorki writes a letter o

POINCARÉ HENRI: (1854-1912) French Mathematician, Physician and Engineer. A Polymath widely regarded as ''The Last Universalist''. Poincaré was the first person to discover a chaotic system whi

Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1824-1880), a handwritten card in French to Court Physician Sergey Botkin (1832-1889), written on paper embossed with an Imperial mirror cypher with crowns, the c

LINNAEUS CARL: (1707-1778) Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. Ink signature ('Carl v. Linne') on a slim oblong 12mo

A late 19th century French figural clock. Depicts the explorer Ponce de Leon standing alongside an anchor and capstan, fitted with a clock having a two-piece porcelain dial with visible escapement and

C.H. LeBlanc French double inkwell with bronze explorer in center flanked by bronze covered inkwells in the form of globes. Black marble stand with pen rest, raised on paw feet. Signed on verso "C.H.

19th Century French Trumeau mirror with white washed finish and wood applique structure. Oil on canvas shows pair of cherubs in garden, one writes while the other plays with floral garland. Excellent

LE GLOBE TROTTER FRENCH ADVERTISING POSTER, CIRCA 1900. Stone lithograph illustration for the Adventure Magazine. Depicting an explorer in Africa. By Louis Tauzin. Framed 63 inches x 42.5 inches (160

French Rococo Revival Ormolu, Bronze and Marble Figural Mantle Clock. The cylindrical clock surmounted by a maritime explorer atop a canon by an anchor, holding an engraved image of a ship. The lower