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PASTEUR, LOUIS. Mémoire sur la Fermentation appelée Lactique. Pages 913-16 * Mémoire sur la Fermentation Alcoolique. Pages 1032-36. in: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Volume 45, July-December 1857. [4], 1160 pages, including half-title. 4to, later wrappers with original paper lettering piece laid down, minor stains and pencil markings on covers; some leaves soiled along top edge, last page browned; uncut and unopened. Paris, 1857
First editions of Pasteur's first papers on lactic and alcoholic fermentation. The former gave 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 2472.
