PASTEUR, Louis - Lot 121

PASTEUR, Louis Louis Pasteur A few pages from Pasteur. Illustrated commemorative publication to mark Louis Pasteur's centenary. Printed booklet including a tribute text by Dr. Jules Guiart entitled "Hommage à Pasteur", accompanied by a portrait by Jean-Baptiste Dumas. This publication looks back at the Jura scientist's youth and training, extolling the founding figure of modern microbiology in a style typical of early 20th-century scientific tributes. The text evokes Pasteur's humble origins in Dole, his studies in Arbois and Besançon, and the beginnings of his scientific vocation. An interesting document of scientific popularization and celebration published in the context of the Pasteurian commemorations, testifying to the intellectual and patriotic influence attached to the figure of Pasteur in France in the 1920s. Faded copy with folds, small marginal tears and traces of use.