M Eugene Maillot (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Camille Coulet, Montpellier, 1823
- Hardcover
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Good Only. A scarce edition of Maillot study of a Mulberry Silk Worm dedicated to his teacher, Louis Pasteur. A scarce edition of Maillot study of a Mulberry Silk Worm dedicated to his teacher, Louis Pasteur. Includes two illustrated plates showing the growth of a silkworm and their droppings, along with a ta…ble of weights and measurements. Numerous illustrations, diagrams, equations and tables throughout. Louis Pasteur was a French chemist known as the "Father of microbiology" creating the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax and best known for pioneering pasteurisation. He is regarded as one of the three main founders of Bacteriology. In a half calf binding. Externally, sound with marks to boards and bumping to corners. Base of backstrip of missing. Front joint tender. Ink inscription to front free end-paper. Internally, firmly bound though binding of first plate is tender. Some light foxing to first and last few pages. Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
