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PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). Etudes sur la maladie des vers soie, moyen pratique assuré de la combattre et d'en prévenir le retour. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1870.
First edition, in fine condition, uncut and in original wrappers. In 1865 Pasteur was asked to consider the disease of silkworms that had plagued France for almost 20 years, and which had cut silk production dramatically. Pasteur discovered that two diseases, pbrine and flacherie, were responsible, and that both were hereditary and contagious. He was able to introduce practical preventative measures, with considerable, if not total, success. Cushing P140; Garrison-Morton 2481; Heirs of Hippocrates 1897; Osler 1549; Norman 1657.
2 volumes, octavo (236 x 155mm). Photogravure frontispiece and 36 plates (21 engravings, of which 12 hand-colored, and 15 photographic plates), with some tissue guards, and 13 illustrations in text (Vol.I); heliogravure plate (Vol.II) (faint spotting on half-title). Original blue-grey printed wrappers (short split in each spine).
First edition, in fine condition, uncut and in original wrappers. In 1865 Pasteur was asked to consider the disease of silkworms that had plagued France for almost 20 years, and which had cut silk production dramatically. Pasteur discovered that two diseases, pbrine and flacherie, were responsible, and that both were hereditary and contagious. He was able to introduce practical preventative measures, with considerable, if not total, success. Cushing P140; Garrison-Morton 2481; Heirs of Hippocrates 1897; Osler 1549; Norman 1657.
2 volumes, octavo (236 x 155mm). Photogravure frontispiece and 36 plates (21 engravings, of which 12 hand-colored, and 15 photographic plates), with some tissue guards, and 13 illustrations in text (Vol.I); heliogravure plate (Vol.II) (faint spotting on half-title). Original blue-grey printed wrappers (short split in each spine).
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