BUC'HOZ (Joseph Pierre) - Mémoires sur l'hortensia, le Cestr - Lot 119

BUC'HOZ (Joseph Pierre) - Mémoires sur l'hortensia, le Cestreau, avec l'histoire de l'Ipo, la Lagestrëm, la Fothergille, la Phlomide queue de lion, la Camelli ou rose du Japon, l'Aucuba, le Péragu nommé improprement Clorodendron, la Carmentine, la Portlande et la Chirone, remarquables les et les autres par la beauté et l'éclat de leurs fleurs; to form, by their union with Azalea, Cletra, Kalmia, Rhododendron, Stramoine en arbre, Melaleuca, Ixora, Camara, Fusche and Calycanthe, the most beautiful collection of shrubs that amateurs could wish for the ornament of their gardens. Fifth edition, revised, corrected and enlarged with notes on the Laurel-Tin, the Gueldres Rose, the Star Anise, the Verbena in tree and scent, with some observations on a letter that appeared about the Hydrangea. Second opuscule concernant le règne végétal et l'économie champètre. Paris, Au Frais de la dame Buc'hoz, 1805; in-8, 80 pp. period paperback. Pierre-Joseph Buchoz was born in Metz in 1731. After completing his classical studies in Metz and his law studies in Pont-à-Mousson, Joseph Pierre Buchoz settled in Metz in 1750 as a lawyer. He later gave up this profession to study medicine, with a pronounced taste for natural history. After receiving his doctor's diploma in Nancy in 1759, he became physician to Stanislas Leszczynski, former King of Poland and nominal Duke of Lorraine and Bar. Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz kept busy with his new position for some time, but soon left it to devote himself entirely to botany and medical subjects. Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz first published a Histoire des plantes de la Lorraine, in 1762. He also printed small books on medicine. He published a Histoire naturelle de la France (14 vol. in-8), a Histoire universelle du règne végétal (1773 et seq.), based on Linné's nomenclature, but not yet completed. He was also interested in the treatment of melancholy, and advocated music as a therapy. Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz holds an agrégation in botany and is a demonstrator at the Royal College of Physicians in Nancy. Author of numerous botanical works, he also studied animals, particularly birds, and minerals. Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz was widowed during the French Revolution, and remarried a few years later. He died in Paris on January 30, 1807, aged 76. Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz was an active member, or regular correspondent, of numerous Academies: Metz and Nancy, of course, but also Angers, Béziers, Bordeaux, Caen, Châlons-sur-Marne, Dijon, Lyon, Mainz and Rouen. Consultant: Mr Philippe HENRY