DUCLAUX, E. — Le microbe et la maladie.

Paris, G. Masson. éditeur, l'ibraire de l'académie de médecine, 120, Boulevard Saint-Germain, 1886. 8vo. W. 2 photo-engrs. (1 col.) and 14 ills. Contemp. private half blue mor., over marbled paper brds., spine in compartments, floral gilttooled and giltlettered. n4, 1-17 in 8]. (VIII, 270, II (blank) pp.). (Nice original endp.). (Some light foxing at beginning and end.). (Green silken reading ribbon.). Fischer I, 335: He was a leading biochemist, prof. at the Sorbonne in 1885 and Director of the Pasteur Institute in 1895: DSBvol. IV, pp. 210-212: 'He was, in fact, one of the first to believe in microbes, and the books he devoted to them have long remained the "gospel" of the new doctrine.': Actually a revised ed. of "Ferments et maladies" (pref. p. VIII).