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A very fine example of Dr. Egusier’s Douche. The majority of Egusier douches produced during the second half of the 19th-century were all metal or un-decorated porcelain. This example retains its original painted, floral decoration and the gilding on the metal fixtures is in fine, bright condtion as is the porcelain. The mechaism works perfectly. Height: 9″ or 22.5cm. PLEASE NOTE THAT FREE SHIPPING ONLY APPLIES TO THE USA. The Museum of Contraception and Abortion site notes: “Vaginal Douche by Docteur Read More...

22 Apr

An Early 19th-Century French Pewter Sit-Down Enema

By M and R Gordon

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An early 19th-century, patented, cylindrical enema with a sit-down mechanism. Height as in first image: 10″ or 25cm.The cap is stamped “NEGASSEK INVENTEUR BREVETE PARIS with his hallmark. A copy of his 1819 patent claim is shown in the last image.After filling the well and raising the flange, the user sits down on the latter, driving the piston into the well and expelling the liquid into the rectum.. A near identical device is shown in Bidaux & Lepart’s Étains Read More...

21 Apr

PASSEMANT BOOK 1738 – Nachet copy

By Alpha et Omega

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PASSEMANT (Claude-Siméon) Construction d’un télescope de réflexion de seize pouces de longueur, faisant l’effet d’une lunette de huit pieds, et de plusieurs autres télescopes, depuis sept pouces jusqu’à six pied et demi [.] On y a joint un Traité de l’art de faire facilement les grands verres objectifs, les oculaires et les lentilles de differens foyers, avec la construction des lunettes et des microscopes, et leurs principaux usages. Paris, Philippe-Nicolas Lottin, 1738 In-4 (26 x 20cm), VIII, 132 pp. one folding plate. Contemporary Read More...

11 Apr

Complete trepanation case made in France in the first half of the 18th century

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Complete trepanation case with 14 instruments (scalpel, scrapers, elevators, crank, drills, trephines, needle). The case is covered in leather with a handle and brass hooks, and has a green velvet interior. Dimensions: length of 31 cm x width of 19 cm x height of 4,5 cm. France made in the first half of the 18th century. Read More...

11 Apr

Horizontal sundial in brass with a large compass signed Butterfield A Paris made circa 1680

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Horizontal sundial in brass with a large compass signed “Butterfield AParis”. This instrument consists of a square base holding a large compass engraved with a compass rose showing 16 main and 16 secondary directions, with a double scale (0–360° and 0–90°) and a blued steel needle on a brass pivot. The whole is protected by a glass cover. The circular lid, forming the sundial, shows part of the compass and the needle through a cut-out window. It has four hour scales Read More...

11 Apr

Lovely hourglass with black, red and gold decoration known as Abbé Nollet made circa 1720/1730

By Galerie Delalande Paris

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Exceptional hourglass with black, red and gold decoration known as “Abbé Nollet”. Floral decorations on the bases and around the edges (inside and outside). Fretwork openings revealing a flask with two bubble glasses. Beige silica sand and joint in fabric and rope. Note: The “Abbé Nollet” decoration is an 18th-century style inspired by the work of Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700-1770), a French abbot and physicist known for his physics experiments, which contributed to the development and promotion of sciences during Read More...

06 Apr

French Victorian Patent Alarm Clock in Original Case by Antoine Redier of Paris

By Jason Clarke Antiques

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For sale, an early Victorian French patent alarm clock in original card case by Antoine Redier of Paris. This simple yet iconic timekeeping mechanism was patented by Antoine Redier the famous French clockmaker and inventor in 1847. Earlier claims have been made over the first alarm clock, but Redier’s invention was undoubtedly the first scale manufactured example and the first to have received a formal patent. Comprised of a two-and-a-half-inch case with a front dial engraved with Arabic numerals from Read More...

06 Apr

Victorian Cased Hair Hygrometer by Pertuis Naudet Hulot & Bourgeois PNHB

By Jason Clarke Antiques

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For sale a Spanish market Victorian cased hair hygrometer by Pertuis, Naudet, Hulot & Bourgeois (PNHB). An uncommon instrument from the famous French company of PHNB usually known for their astronomic output of aneroid barometers, this fine example is comprised of a 4-inch silvered dial divided on the top half for units of humidity 0-100 and with “Sequedad and Humedad” (Dry and Humid) indications at opposing ends. The inner arc of the scale is engraved with “Higrometro de Precision” (Precision Read More...

30 Mar

Early Twentieth Century Posograph Photographic Exposure Machine by Auguste Robert Kauffman

By Jason Clarke Antiques

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For sale a rare English language Posograph photographic exposure calculating machine by Auguste Robert Kauffman complete with original instruction manual and leather case embossed with “Le Posographe” and bearing the stamp the retailer’s details under the button flap, “James A Sinclair & Co Ltd, 9&10 Charing Cross, London, SW1. This fascinating and very useful photographic aid was patented on the 12th of May, 1922 by the French inventor and amateur photographer, Auguste-Robert Kauffman. The leaflet accompanying the Posograph is annotated Read More...

29 Mar

Dosne’s apparatus for Rosensthiel experiments on colors, circa 1900

By Le Zograscope

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A very rare small model of M. Dosne’s apparatus for the Rosensthiel experiment’s on the colors and colored circel so on the Maxwell’s theories. The divided protractor is missing otherwise the apparatus is well preserved and keeps view circle in black, white, bleu, green, yellow. The Rosensthiel and Dosne’s apparatuses are extremely rare in private hands. Read More...

22 Mar

A teaching model of an electromagnetic motor, by “Breton Frères”, ca. 1860

By Nautilus Antiques

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A rare teaching model of an electromagnetic motor, signed by the French maker in Paris “Breton Frères”, ca. 1860. Length is 28 cm Read More...

16 Mar

Antique Asia map by Robert de Vaugondy

By Nautilus Antiques

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A great antique Asia map, divided into main empires and kingdoms, by famous French cartographer Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723-1786), with beautiful and intricate cartouches and hand colouring. Published in the late 1700’s/early 1800’s in Paris. Size: approximately 72 cm x 55 cm), copper print map on paper with rear canvas, in good condition despite signs of age The map is from the “Nouvel Atlas Portatif”, first published in 1762 by Didier Robert de Vaugondy, who was appointed geographer of Read More...