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169 - VALLERY-RADOT (René). The Life of Pasteur.
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Estimate €70 - €100
Description
VALLERY-RADOT (René). The Life of Pasteur. Paris, Hachette, 1900. Large 8vo, half-basane with grained leather, ribbed spine, author’s name, title and fleurons gilded (slight foxing on the frontispiece; otherwise rare). First edition, illustrated with a portrait of Pasteur on the frontispiece. This copy is enhanced by an incomplete handwritten letter signed by Robert Vallery-Radot, the two wedding invitations for Pasteur’s daughter, and a postcard. Included are 7 paperback volumes (as is): - PASTEUR VALLERY-RADOT. *Pour la terre de France par la douleur et la mort*. Paris, Plon-Nourrit, 1919. 12mo, paperback. - VALLERY-RADOT (René). Madame Pasteur. Besançon, Marion, 1913. - VALLERY-RADOT (R.). Mme de Sévigné. Paris, Lecène et Oudin, 1888. - VALLERY-RADOT (Vincent-Félix). Literary Memoirs. Paris, Chamerot, 1877. Printed on laid paper, with full margins, inscribed. - VALLERY-RADOT (R.). Views of Constantinople from Chateaubriand to Loti. 1892. VALLERY-RADOT (Robert). In memoriam. Poem. 1908. - VALLERY-RADOT (R.). The Life of Pasteur. Paris, Flammarion, [c. 1930]. In-12, publisher’s red percaline. That is, 8 volumes.
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