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France, Louis Pasteur, a large pewter plaque by VS. Canale, struck for L'Hemoglobine Desehiens by A. Leli~vre, Paris, bust left, reverse advertisement message by the proprietors of the plaque, 81 x 112mm. Some scratching in fields, otherwise very fine to extremely fine and a captivating portrait of Pasteur

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895); French chemist and microbiologist, obverse only illustrated.