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Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz

1731–1807

An 18th-century French physician and botanist, he wrote widely about plants, gardens, and natural history, leaving behind a remarkably varied body of illustrated and practical works.

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The Toilet of Flora or, A collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, powders, perfumes, and sweet-scented waters. With receipts for cosmetics of every kind, that can smooth and brighten the skin, give force to beauty, and take off the appearance of old age and decay

The Toilet of Flora or, A collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, powders, perfumes, and sweet-scented waters. With receipts for cosmetics of every kind, that can smooth and brighten the skin, give force to beauty, and take off the appearance of old age and decay

by Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz

About the author

Born in 1731 and died in 1807, Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz was a French medical writer and botanist whose books ranged across botany, gardening, mineralogy, veterinary subjects, and other areas of natural history.

Library records for his works describe him as a physician-botanist and note court and academic connections, including service linked to the Comte d'Artois, the former king of Poland, and the Royal College of Physicians at Nancy. His surviving bibliography shows how prolific he was, with titles on trees and shrubs, perennial plants, and the natural productions of France.

Much of his appeal today comes from the breadth of his curiosity: his books were not only scholarly, but often aimed at readers interested in cultivation, classification, and the useful beauty of the natural world.