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In 16 (cm 12,5 x 20), pp. XII + 417 + (3) con 10 tavole fuori testo ripiegate incise all'acquaforte. Legatura moderna in pena pergamena. Seconda edizione (edizione originale 1766) di questo manuale di Lafosse sul cavallo e sulla ferratura che conobbe varie edizioni anche successive. "Philippe Etienne Lafosse learned horseshoeing in the blacksmith shop of his father, Etienne Guillaume, who was also a well-known horse anatomist. Philipp Etienne was not merely a crude apprenticed horseshoer, however; he was also a learned man. He studied human and animal anatomy by visiting slaughterhouses and observing dissections in hospitals. Furthermore, he followed advanced studies at the Academy of Sciences, investigated anthrax, and was educated in the art of horse riding. He joined the army as a horse doctor in 1758. After the French defeat in the Seven Years' War, he joined the medical faculty of the Paris university. Then he started his own public courses in hippiatry for interested individuals in 1767, and this sparked a debate about the social attributes and purposes of veterinary education" (Jones, Koolmees, "A Concise History of Veterinary Medicine", 2022, p. 106".