A Rare Signed Engraving of Louis Pasteur, Inscribed to a Noted French Publisher
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases, and his discoveries have saved countless lives ever since.
Pierre-Jules Hetzel was a French editor and publisher....
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases, and his discoveries have saved countless lives ever since.
Pierre-Jules Hetzel was a French editor and publisher. He is best known for his extraordinarily lavishly illustrated editions of Jules Verne’s novels.
Engraving by Henriquel-Dupont, 10 by 13 inches, depicting Pasteur in a head and shoulders pose, signed and inscribed July 4, 1884, to “Mr. Jules Hetzel.”
Signed engravings of Pasteur are uncommon, and our research has turned up only one other to reach the market.
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