[BUC'HOZ, Pierre-Joseph].

Toilette de Flore, ou essai sur les plantes & les fleurs qui peuvent servir d'ornement aux dames ... Seconde edition.

Paris, Valade, 1773. [bound together with:] BUC’HOZ, Pierre-Joseph. Laboratoire de Flore, ou chymie champêtre végétale, contenant la manière de faire, avec les plantes, les liqueurs, les ratafias, les essences, les huiles, les eaux cosmétiques & officinales, &c. ... Paris, Valade, 1773.8vo; pp. xvi, 224; [4], 282, [2]; some contemporary marginal staining to preliminary and final leaves; still a good copy in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, spine richly gilt in compartments, neatly restored. First collected edition of this interesting treatise on essences, essential oils, pomades, powders, perfumes including recipes for all types of cosmetics. The first edition of Toilette de Flore was published in 1771 and Laboratoire de Flore in 1772. Joseph Pierre Buc’hoz, born in Metz, was a physician and naturalist who at various times served as physician to the King of Poland, the brother of the King of France, and the Duke of Artois. He was the author of a large number of works on a wide variety of subjects, including numerous heavily illustrated botanical works.Rare: not in NUC; OCLC locates one copy only (University of Delaware), lacking the second work.

• GBP 900.00 > otras divisas
• nº de pedido: H866

• librero: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (GREAT BRITAIN)