Studies on Fermentation: The Diseases of Beer, Their Causes and the Means of Preventing Them

by Louis Pasteur, Frank Faulkner, D. Constable Robb

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London: Macmillan & Company Ltd., 1879. First British edition. xvi, 418, 2 pp. with 12 engraved plates. Bound in publisher's cloth ruled in black, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine, worn at tips, contents toned with age especially tissue guards with limited foxing. Uncommonly nice condition.The first English language edition of the French chemist's groundbreaking work on fermentation. cf. Garrison & Morton

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