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69. Hippology. LALAISSE (François Hippolyte Delalaisse,...

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69. [Hippology]. LALAISSE (François Hippolyte Delalaisse, said). Study of horses. S.n.n.l.n.d. (between 1852 and 1870). Collection of 32 lithographs, brown half-chagrin, smooth spine decorated.Lalaisse (1810-1884), French painter and lithographer has published a large quantity of lithographs on regional costumes, especially Breton or uniforms. He also illustrated a hippological work: La Connaissance générale du cheval: études de zootechnie pratique. Here the horses represented, sometimes in a setting or with characters, are mares and stallions coming from the stallion depot of Libourne, Angers, St Maixent, Napoléon-Vendée, Aurillac, Rodez, Blois, Saintes, Lamballe, Tarbes, etc. The breeds are mentioned.