Auction Date:2011 Oct 12 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Pioneering French microbiologist and chemist (1822–1895) who demonstrated the germ theory of disease and developed the first vaccine against rabies. AQS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page, 4 x 6.5, Institut Pasteur letterhead, December 27, 1892. Pasteur writes, in full (translated): “Science has no country but every scientist must have one and it is to her (his country) that he must acknowledge the influence that his work(s) can have on the world.” Nicely cloth matted and framed with a portrait of Pasteur to an overall size of 19 x 18.5; the frame back bears the printed label and red wax seal of noted dealer Charles Hamilton. In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold and a bit of scattered mild foxing.
Pasteur’s quotation oozes with nationalistic pride. Although the great scientist was partially driven by his own thirst for knowledge, he was also inspired by patriotism. In the latter part of the 19th century there existed in Europe a great French-versus-German rivalry that spurred many medical advances of the era. Though he and German physician Robert Koch are today regarded as the fathers of germ theory and bacteriology, they were rivals during their lifetimes. In 1881, after Pasteur met Koch at a meeting in London when the German was giving a lecture on what he had discovered up to that date, all Pasteur had to say was, ‘That is great progress.’ Superlative content and provocative wisdom.
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