LAFOSSE Philippe - Étienne. GUIDE DU MARÉCHAL, a work containing an exact knowledge of the horse, & the way to distinguish & cure its diseases. Together with a TREATY ON THE SHOEING which is suitable for him. With intaglio figures. AVIGNON, CHAMBEAU, 1798. One volume, in-8, of XII pp. and 416 pp. in contemporary hardback covered with shagreened paper (paper in poor condition with tears). Discreet bookplate. Illustrated with 10 folding plates showing the anatomy of the horse, skeletons, organs, shoes and a shrew whose bite was thought, until Lafosse, to contain venom and to be dangerous for livestock and horses in particular.