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Jul 9, 2026
PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). Études sur la biere, ses maladies, causes qui les provoquent, procédé pour la rendre inaltérable, avec une théorie nouvelle de la fermentation. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. 8vo. viii, 387, [4, ads] pp. Twelve lithographic plates, woodcuts in text. Contemporary or slightly later quarter red calf over marbled boards. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY PASTEUR TO HIS NEPHEW ON THE HALF-TITLE: "[translated from the French:] affectionate remembrances, L. Pasteur."
Spine sunned and scuffed, corners bumped, text toned and occasionally foxed, half-title a bit trimmed, with minor loss to Pasteur's inscription. Very good.
Pasteur's groundbreaking book on fermentation. Though lacking the ads, which are an indication of state, this book has the scarce ads for Pasteur's Etudes sur la maladie des vers a soie (1870) at the rear. Garrison and Morton 2485. Heirs of Hippocrates 1898. Norman 1658. Osler 1550.
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