October 10th Auction, Autographs,Manuscripts, Sports, Books and Photography
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Autograph letter signed ("L. Pasteur"), in French, to an unnamed recipient. Paris, 14 May 1886.1 page, 8vo, small tape repair, matted and framed (not examined out of frame). Pasteur sends his appreciation of an illustration by A. Gerardin, which appeared in L'Illustration, Journal Universel (the illustration of Russians under Pasteur's care, which was published 27 March 1886, No. 2248, Vol. LXXXVII). The illustration showed some of the 19 Russians that where bitten by a rabit wolf and cured by Pastuer form Rabies in 1886.
Framed with a letter from his son in law VALERY-RADOT, René (1853-1933). Autograph letter signed ("René Valery-Radot"), in French. Arbois, Jura, 20 September 1928. 2 pages, 8vo, mounting strips in extreme margins, a few pale stains. Radot, Pasteur's son-in-law, writes the recipient about Pasteur's care of a group of Russians who were bitten by a rabid wolf. Pasteur's inoculation proved effective, and of the 19 afflicted men, 16 survived. Radot refers the recipient to pages 630-632 of his work La Vie de Pasteur, published in 1911.
René Vallery-Radot is a French writer , born in Paris on1 st October 1853 and died in the same city on January 24, 1933, son- in- law of Louis Pasteur whose first biography he wrote
Rare Louis Pasteur ALS , Thanking Artist for Illustration of Russians Cured From Rabies 1886
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