Roret Veterinarian Manual. 1859. Lebeaud. Ex-libris Alexis De Cabriac

Complete Veterinarian's Manual,
containing the general knowledge of Horses, how to raise them, train them and drive them; the description of their illnesses and the best methods of treatment, precepts on shoeing, etc., etc. By M.Lebeaud
Handwritten ex-libris: Mr Alexis de Cabriac. Ministre de France au Mexique 
Paris, Roret, 1859, in-18 of VIII-316 pages, 4 plates on 2 unfolding sheets and containing 33 figures on the exterior, the fittings, the harness and the age. Half tan calfskin binding, smooth spine decorated with gilded fillets and title.
Good copy.
First edition. Used condition
- The work is divided into 3 parts.
The 1st deals with the external and organic conformation of the horse, its education, its reproduction, its choice, its hygiene and its shoeing,
The 2nd, diseases and their treatment,
The 3rd, saddle training . The latter is partly taken from La Guérinière" (Mennessier de La Lance).

Mr Alexis de Gabriac. Count Jean Alexis de Cadoine de Gabriac, born May 9, 1811 and died August 31, 1890 at the Château de Lantilly, was a diplomat and great French traveler and Minister Plenipotentiary of France to Mexico from 1854 to 1860, he tried throughout his ministry to convince Count Walewski and Napoleon III of a French intervention in Mexico, which did not arrive until 1861. to end the civil war.