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."
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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.
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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.