Abbot of Chanvalon

Abbot of Chanvalon , monk and Oratorien French, died in 1763.

Biography

He lived the Provence on the end of his life. He delivered to the study botany and agriculture, and published the result of his observations in a small work under this title:

Manuel of the fields, or instructive Collection, containing all that is most useful to live in the countryside with approval , Paris, 1764, in-12; ibid, 1765, even format.

These two editions are the only ones which bear the name of the author. It is a good summary drawn from the best sources; but as the plants are indicated there speak used vulgar names in Provence, it is difficult to recognize them. The author indicates some several which grows on the the Alps, and he says to have made known some a hundred with Fardel, botanist of Provence, who wrote on the plants of his country. He wanted to give to the amateurs a useful and practical handbook, while taking as a starting point the best authors Agronomique S of the time.

Chanvalon was more skilful agronomist than botanist; it extends much on the gardens, which it recommends to cut by walls to increase heat and to weaken the violence of the wind, as that was practiced with so many advantages at the village of Montreuil, close to Paris. It gives also extremely wide details on the melon S.

This work was reprinted with corrections and additions in 1769 by care of P. of the Ardennes, which joins together there another work which was not also for the first time in 1765, under this title: Simple rustic Economy, or Concepts on botany, medicine, pharmacy, the kitchen and the office .

Manuel of the fields, or collection chosen, instructive and amusing, of all that is most necessary and most useful to live with ease and approval in the Countryside . 1764. 2nd edition. Lottin, 1765. They are the two only editions to bear the name of the author, who will disappear in the posterior editions. The work was a great success and was reprinted until in 1786, Liege. The first part relates to the Jardin S (installation, tools, work), the second draft of the fields, meadows and wood. It contains several chapters on the Vigne and the Vin, the Bière, the Cidre, the Hydromel and other drinks; the Hunting and the fishing. - Book III draft of the pets, the farmyard, Bee-keeping and Sériculture. - Book IV is devoted to the Cuisine and the Pâtisserie, with many receipts of cakes, jams, liquors and ratafiats.

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