Bidspirit auction | PASTEUR LOUIS: (1822-1895)

PASTEUR LOUIS: (1822-1895) - PASTEUR LOUIS: (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist, renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination and pasteurisation. A.L.S., L. Pasteur , one page, 8vo, Paris, 22nd March 1886, to [Jules-Auguste] Béclard ( ´Mon cher Secrétaire Perpétuel´ ), in French. Pasteur writes regarding the candidacy of Mr. Maindron and reminds Béclard that ´M. Dumas faisait de lui un très grand cas, comme secrétaire particulier de l’Académie des Sciences. C’est un homme très intelligent, très actif, et qui a le goût et l’habitude du maniement des archives de sociétés savantes´ (Translation: ´Mr Dumas held him in very high regard as private secretary to the Academy of Sciences. He is a very intelligent, very active man, who has a taste and habit for handling the archives of learned societies´ ). With blank integral leaf (the pages of the bifolium lightly adhered together). One small, neat tear to the lower right of the page, not affecting the text or signature, about VG Jules-Auguste Béclard (1817-1887) French physiologist who served as secrétaire perpétuel to the Académie Nationale de Médicine from 1873-87. Ernest Maindron (1838-1907) French historian. In addition to his highly scholarly studies on the foundations of the Academy of Sciences and certain major scientific figures, Maindron devoted part of his research from the 1880s onwards to a new mode of promotional communication, the illustrated poster, of which he remains the first historian of his time to have elevated it to the rank of art.