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                                  THE

                                TOILET

                                  OF

                                FLORA.




               Illustration: _FRONTISPIECE. The Graces._




                                  THE

                           TOILET OF FLORA;

                                  OR,

                             A COLLECTION

                                OF THE

                       MOST SIMPLE AND APPROVED

                         METHODS OF PREPARING

                      BATHS,            PERFUMES,
                      ESSENCES,             AND
                      POMATUMS,         SWEET-SCENTED
                      POWDERS,             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


                     _FOR THE USE OF THE LADIES._

                       A NEW EDITION, IMPROVED.


                                LONDON,

           Printed for J. MURRAY, No. 32, Fleet-street; and
                  W. NICOLL, St. Paul's Church Yard.

                             M DCC LXXIX.




ADVERTISEMENT.


The chief Intention of this Performance is to point out, and explain
to the Fair Sex, the Methods by which they may preserve and add to
their Charms; and by which many natural Blemishes and Imperfections
may be remedied or concealed. The same Share of Grace and Attractions
is not possessed by all of them; but while the Improvement of their
Persons is the indispensable Duty of those who have been little
favoured by Nature, it should not be neglected even by the few who have