Wine.- Pasteurisation.- Pasteur (Louis) Procédé pratique de conservation et d'amélioration des vins [&] Notes sur les dépôts qui se forment dans les vins, in Comptes Rendu des séances de l'Académie des Science, vol.60, pp.899-901 and 1109-1113, general half-title, a few ink library stamps (not affecting the above articles), some spotting or mostly light foxing, 20th century rexine-backed marbled boards, small paper label to upper cover, Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1865; and 2 vol. of the same with contributions by Pasteur, 4to (3)

⁂ First account of the heating process later known as 'pasteurisation', developed to save wines from diseases caused by micro-organisms.