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PASTEUR, LOUIS (1822-1895). "MéMOIRE SUR LA FERMENTATION APPELE LACTIQUE." -- "MéMOIRE SUR LA FERMENTATION ALCOOLIQUE." IN: COMPTES RENDUS SéANCES DE L'ACADéMIE DES SCIENCES, VOL. 45, PP. 913-16 AND 1032-36. PARIS: MALLET-BACHELIER, 1857.

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PASTEUR, LOUIS (1822-1895). "MéMOIRE SUR LA FERMENTATION APPELE LACTIQUE." -- "MéMOIRE SUR LA FERMENTATION ALCOOLIQUE." IN: COMPTES RENDUS SéANCES DE L'ACADéMIE DES SCIENCES, VOL. 45, PP. 913-16 AND 1032-36. PARIS: MALLET-BACHELIER, 1857.

4O. ORIGINAL PLAIN WRAPPERS, PRINTED PAPER SPINE LABEL, UNCUT AND UNOPENED; CLOTH FOLDING CASE.

FIRST EDITION of these two important papers by Pasteur. The first work reports the "first demonstration of the connection between a specific fermentation and the activity of a specific living micro-organism. This paper is often considered the beginning of bacteriology as a modern science" (Garrison-Morton). First work: Dibner Heralds of Science 198; Garrison-Morton 2472; Grolier/Horblit 82 ("The birth of bacteriology...").

[With:] BERNARD, Claude. Sur une nouvelle fonction du foie chez l'homme et les animaux. In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. Tome 31, pp. 571-574. Paris, 1850. 4o. Original wrappers; cloth folding case. (2)

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