Pasteur, 1822-1895

Jean Epstein. Pasteur, 1822-1895. Le film du centenaire. Paris: L’édition française cinématographique, 1923. First edition. Quarto (9.25 x 7.25 inches; 235 x 185 mm.). 63, [1, contents continued], [1, note on the decorations], [5, blank] pages (note: pages [1]-[4] are blank). Text unopened. Frontispiece portrait affixed to the verso of the half-title, another affixed portrait on page [57] and eight plates, with two gravure illustrations each, inserted throughout and included in the pagination. Publisher's binding in the original wrappers, printed in brownish-red and black; text block edges untrimmed; no endpapers. Spine leaning very gently; backtrip and margins faintly tanned; trivial wear to the joints and edges; small bruise on the rear wrapper; few instances of faint soiling. Slightly over-opened at the hinges. Near fine. Text in French, English, Spanish and German. Epstein's first film, a fictionalized documentary about Louis Pasteur on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Jean Epst