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PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). Études sur la bière, ses maladies, causes qui les provoquent, procédé pour la rendre inaltérable avec une théorie nouvelle de la fermentation. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876.
8o (240 x 156 mm). 12 lithographed plates. Original dark orange printed wrappers, uncut, unopened (very minor fading).
FIRST EDITION of Pasteur's important study of fermentation. Pasteur discovered that contaminated beer was caused by microorganisms in the air and not spontaneously generated as previously believed. He perfected a method of preparing pure yeast, acknowledging that a small quantity of oxygen was important for brewing. Garrison-Morton 2485; Heirs of Hippocrates 1018; Norman 1658.
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FIRST EDITION of Pasteur's important study of fermentation. Pasteur discovered that contaminated beer was caused by microorganisms in the air and not spontaneously generated as previously believed. He perfected a method of preparing pure yeast, acknowledging that a small quantity of oxygen was important for brewing. Garrison-Morton 2485; Heirs of Hippocrates 1018; Norman 1658.