[FIRST PASTEUR BIOGRAPHY IN OTTOMAN TURKISH / RARE BEIRUT IMPRINT] Luvi Pastör [Louis Pasteur]

[TÜRKÜSTÜN], ALÂIYELI ALI VEHBI (1877-1957). Sabra Matbaasi, Beyrut [Beirut], 1918. Original wrappers. 12mo. (16 x 11 cm). In Ottoman Turkish (with Arabic script). 32 p., including a photographic plate of Pasteur’s portrait. First and only edition of this pioneering Turkish biography of Pasteur in book form, celebrating the renowned scientist’s contributions, particularly his development of vaccines for rabies and anthrax, which saved millions of lives. This Beirut imprint is exceedingly rare in both institutional collections and the market. The first biography of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) in Ottoman Turkish, published in Beirut, apparently in the Sabra region. Pasteur, a French chemist, has been honoured as the 'father of bacteriology and microbiology,' renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, which was named after him. The book is written by Ali Vehbi [Türküstün], a zoologist, paleontologist, and the first official Tu