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803 - PASTEUR, Louis (1822–1895). Signed autograph letter addressed to Jules Simon. No place, no date [Paris, May 16, 1887, according to the postmark]. 1 p. in-12, telegram on blue paper. Louis Pasteur pays tribute to the laboratory where he produced his rabies vaccine: “Allow me, dear Master, to remind you of your kind promise to visit the laboratory clinic tomorrow at 11 a.m. at 14 rue de Vauquelin. L. Pasteur.”

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PASTEUR, Louis (1822–1895). Signed autograph letter addressed to Jules Simon. No place, no date [Paris, May 16, 1887, according to the postmark]. 1 p. in-12, telegram on blue paper. Louis Pasteur pays tribute to the laboratory where he produced his rabies vaccine: “Allow me, dear Master, to remind you of your kind promise to visit the laboratory clinic tomorrow at 11 a.m. at 14 rue de Vauquelin. L. Pasteur.” Enclosed: - VALLERY-RADOT, René (1853–1933), Louis Pasteur’s son-in-law and his first biographer. L.A.S. Paris, January 1, 1904. 2 pp. ½ in-8. Mourning paper. Regarding an article on Pasteur’s work, which was highly praised by her correspondent. - PASTEUR, Marie-Louise (1858–1934), daughter of Louis Pasteur. Letter from the author. Paris, January 9, 1897. 1 p. ½ in-8. Mourning paper. She sends her correspondent a copy of *L’Histoire d’un savant* (*The Story of a Scientist*), René Valléry-Radot’s biography of Pasteur, published in 1883. - GRANCHER, Jacques-Joseph (1843–1907), pediatrician, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pasteur Institute. Letter from the author, 1884.

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Books, Manuscripts, and Autographs
Tuesday, December 1
02:30 PM
3, impasse des Chevau-Légers
78000 Versailles, France

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