Brewing -- Pasteur (Louis): Studies on Fermentation, first English edition, 8vo, 1879 [Bitting p.358; cf. Garrison and Morton 2485], 12 engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations (ink-stamp on title), original cloth -- Matthews (Charles George) and Francis Edward Lott: The Microscope in the Brewery and Malt-House, 8vo, 1889, inscribed by the authors on front free-endpaper, lithographed and engraved plates, some coloured, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth (spine partially detached) -- Lovibond (Thomas Watson): Brewing with Raw Grain, 8vo, 1883 (front inner hinge split), original cloth, extremities rubbed -- Wright (Herbert Edwards): A Handy Book for Brewers, first edition, 8vo, 1892, inscribed by the author on title, original cloth (rubbed and scuffed); and seven others on brewing. (4)

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Brewing -- Pasteur (Louis): Studies on Fermentation, first English edition, 8vo, 1879 [Bitting p.358; cf. Garrison and Morton 2485], 12 engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations (ink-stamp on title), original cloth -- Matthews (Charles George) and Francis Edward Lott: The Microscope in the Brewery and Malt-House, 8vo, 1889, inscribed by the authors on front free-endpaper, lithographed and engraved plates, some coloured, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth (spine partially detached) -- Lovibond (Thomas Watson): Brewing with Raw Grain, 8vo, 1883 (front inner hinge split), original cloth, extremities rubbed -- Wright (Herbert Edwards): A Handy Book for Brewers, first edition, 8vo, 1892, inscribed by the author on title, original cloth (rubbed and scuffed); and seven others on brewing. (4)

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Pasteur's first work: 'was written as revenge for the loss of his son in the Franco-Prussian War. Embittered, Pasteur vowed he would put French beer on a par with the German product' (Bitting).

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