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LS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Comite de Patronage des Etudiants Etrangers letterhead, February 15, 1894. Letter to an unidentified crowned head. In part (translated): “On behalf of the Foreign Students Patronage Committee, permit me to offer Your Majesty this volume containing a general list of France’s scientific resources, from the standpoint of Higher Education and Technical Education. Please accept, Your Majesty, my profoundest respect.” In fine condition, with a uniform shade of toning, some trivial soiling to edges, and light wrinkles. Pasteur was appointed professor at the Sorbonne in 1867 and remained there until his death in 1895. While there he applied his process of pasteurization to beer and began his investigation into animal diseases.