Lafosse, Guide du marechal - 1803 CHEVAL HORSES PFERDEHALTUNG VETERINÄRMEDIZIN

Lafosse, (Philippe Etienne).
Guide du maréchal. Ouvrage contenant une connoissance exacte du cheval,
et la manière de distinguer et de guérir ses maladies. Ensemble, un
traité de la ferrure qui lui est convenable. Avec des figures en
taille-duce. Avignon, Francois Chambeau 1803. 8°. XII, 420 S. mit 10
gefalt. Kupfertafeln. Kalbslederband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückenschild
und Rückenvergoldung.

Vgl. Huth 41 und Mennessier de la
Lance II, 20 (frühere Ausgaben). – Spätere Oktavausgabe des zuerst 1766
erschienenen Handbuchs; eines der erfolgreichsten französischen
Pferdebücher. – Philippe Etienne Lafosse (1739-1820) „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, p. 106). – Einband etwas berieben, gutes dekorativ gebundenes
Exemplar.