Hippodonomia or The True Structure, Laws abd Economy of the Horse's Foot also Podophthora or a ruinous defect in the principle of the common shoe

In 8 (cm 22 x 27), pp. 140 + (2) + 79 con 12 tavole fuori testo incise all'acquaforte (numerate da 1 a 12, l'ultima, la dodicesima, indicata come supplementare e seguita da 2 pp. di testo esplicativo, precede le tavole 8, 9, 10, 11 inserite nella seconda parte dell'opera con la 'Podophthora' che ha numerazione propria). Bruniture alle pagine. Legatura in mezza tela coeva con danni riparati al dorso. Seconda edizione di questo manuale sulla struttura del piede del cavallo e sui danni della ferratura dello zoccolo scritto da Bracy Clark "a veterinarian (and animal rights activist, long before the term was coined) working at the Royal Veterinary College in London by chance discovered, researched, and went on to publish at great lenght the various ill effects of the common horseshoe, from contraction to decreased horn growth, increased stumbling and tripping , predisposition for laminitis. He also published in great detail about the anatomy and physiology of the hoof ( and in the course of his research discovered and named the periople). Certain hat the veterinanian community would be delighted to learn the cause for the lameness and premature euthanasia of so many horses , he was stunned to find his work slighted and misrepresented , and the scientific information suppressed by his peers and the professors at the College" (Strasser, Kells, "A Lifetime of Soundness. The Keys to Optimal Horse Health", 2000, p. 171). Cfr. Frederick Henry Huth, "Works on Horses and Equitation. A Bibliographical Record of Hippology", 1887, p. 110.