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GASTRONOMY AND FOOD

The Property of a Catalan Collector and Former Chef
Lot 165

PASTEUR (LOUIS)
Études sur la bière, FIRST EDITION, Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1876; Études sur le vin, FIRST EDITION, Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1866 (2)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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PASTEUR (LOUIS)

Études sur la bière, ses maladies, causes qui les provoquent, procédé pour la rendre inalterable, avec une théorie nouvelle de la fermentation, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 12 engraved plates, illustrations, 4-page publisher's catalogue at end, untrimmed and partially unopened in publisher's printed orange wrappers with price label on lower cover, one or two small nicks at edges [Cagle 378; Duveen p.461; Garrison-Morton 2485; Milestones of Science 158], 8vo (240 x 154mm.), Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1876; Études sur le vin, ses maladies, causes qui les provoquent, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 32 coloured plates, illustrations, some foxing, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, gilt panelled spine [Bitting 358; Cagle 380; Duveen 460; Garrison-Morton 2479; Oberlé 985; Simon, Bibliotheca Vinaria, p.23], 8vo (226 x 145mm.), Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1866 (2)

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An unusually good copy, in original wrappers, of the first edition of Pasteur's important study of fermentation problems in beer, along with its predecessor on wine.

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