MEDECINE VETERINAIRE 18ème - Joseph VILLOT (native of Franche-Comté, the King's privileged veterinary surgeon, graduated in 1777 from the Ecoles Vétérinaires Royales among "the provincial students patented by His Majesty", settled in Morlaix, Brittany) / Set of 3 signed autograph letters totaling 4 p small in-4 plus address pages with fragments of red wax seals, from Morlaix, in 1787, to Monsieur de Kremenguy du Roselant, at the Saint-Paul-de-Léon stud farm, concerning horse care.

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