[HIPPOLOGY] - LAFOSSE - Guide du maréchal, ouvrage contenant une connoissance exacte du cheval, & la manière de distinguer & de guérir ses maladies. Together a treaty of the shoeing which is suitable for him - Paris; Lacombe, 1789 - 1 volume In-8° - Dedication to Charles Eugène de Lorraine with coat of arms, 10 folding plates out of text (plate n°3 torn without missing) - Binding XIXth century marbled havana basane (3 corners worn, 1st jaw partially rubbed, 2nd plate with a small lack of leather and a few wormholes in the jaw) - Smooth spine decorated (upper headband damaged) - Title page in red morocco - Sides mottled with red and brown - Good inside. Provenance : Château de Limoëlan.

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