Buc'hoz (pierre-joseph) - Mineralogical And Hydrological Dictionary. Volland And Royez, 1785.

[BUC'HOZ (Pierre-Joseph)] - Mineralogical and hydrological dictionary, containing 1) the description of mines, fossils, fluorines, crystals, earth, sand & pebbles, the art of exploiting mines, smelting & purification metals, their different chemical preparations, and the various uses for which they can be used in medicine, veterinary art, and the arts and crafts. 2) the natural history of all the mineral fountains of France, their chymic analysis, a notice of the diseases for which they may be suitable, with some practical observations: a Gneumon Gallicus has been attached. Necessary work for anyone who wants to study natural history. Paris, Chez Volland and Royez, 1785; in-8, XVI + 635 + 520 + CLXIV + XII + 638 + XII + 710 pp., approval and privilege, period full marbled calfskin binding, decorated smooth spine, gilded edges, (two joints to be restored). The 4 volumes. Joseph-Pierre Buc'hoz was born in Metz in 1731. He first became a lawyer in 1750 but left the profession to become a doctor in Nancy in 1763. He was appointed ordinary physician to King Stanislas, then to Monsieur, brother of the king and the Duke of Artois, but he left his functions to devote himself entirely to botany. He participated in the creation of the Nancy Plant Garden and gave courses in botany and natural history. From 1770, Buc'hoz published numerous works of botany and natural history such as a Natural History of Animals, Plants, Minerals and Natural Productions of France, a Veterinary Dictionary of Domestic Animals and a Natural History of the Plant Kingdom which is rewarded by the Academy of Sciences. Good condition.