Rodolphe TÖPFFER

Rodolphe TÖPFFER & CHAM
Mr. Cryptogame [Mr Bachelor Butterfly]
Imprimerie Levé [Garnier] | Paris n. d. [c. 1870]| 28 x 19.5 cm | publisher's binding
New Garnier edition. 64 pages of illustrations. The unique collaboration between the two inventors of comic books.
Publisher's illustrated cloth in full red glazed calico, spine decorated at the top and bottom with gilt fillets and motifs with a gilt title, boards framed with black fillets and arabesques, the first with a large golden illustration in the centre, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
The upper spine end very slightly lifting, top joint of the upper board a...

First edition, illustrated with 48 hors-texte engravings including the frontispiece, several in-text woodcuts, all after drawings by the author and engraved by Girardet, Français, Daubigny... With a notice by Sainte-Beuve.
Publisher's polychrome binding in full navy blue percaline cloth. Superb first cover decorated with a large polychrome plate (blue, red, cream, green, yellow and gold) featuring a walker tipping his straw hat in nature. Lenègre bindery at bottom of the plate. Spine decorated with a large polychrome plate with somewhat faded colors, notably the blue, but the golds remain bright. Handsome second cover decorated with a gilt landscape on beige ground within rich ornament...

First Paris edition, revised by the author.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets, decorated with double black compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.

First illustrated edition with 39 wood engravings hors-texte, and 200 wood vignettes in-text, all after drawings by the author, and drawings by Best, Leloir, Regnier...
Full glazed brown morocco binding early 20th century signed Petitot. Raised band spine decorated with compartments composed of series of fillets. Gilt title and date. Triple fillet frame on boards. Elaborate interior decoration. 4 endpaper leaves of handsome brown marbled paper. Some rare foxing on very white paper, except for the browned half-title. The tissue guards have been preserved and remain in fine condition. A small rub to spine, likewise along one edge, but very handsome copy, rare in this condition.
NB...

Edition illustrated with 40 hors-texte plates as well as 200 vignettes.
Publisher's binding in half dark green shagreen, smooth spine decorated with gilt decorative motifs, headcaps rubbed, joints rubbed with a small lack at foot, boards illustrated with gilt decorative motifs, corners slightly bumped, edges gilt.
Work illustrated with 40 hors-texte plates including 1 frontispiece and 200 vignettes in the text.
Foxing, marginal dampstain at foot of the last leaves (from page 249 to page 321), endpapers uniformly sunned.

Second edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four fine raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, frame of gilt fillet on black paper boards, some tears to leading edges, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated after drawings by the author as well as 15 hors-texte drawings by Calame.
Occasional light foxing affecting mainly the beginning and end of the volume.

New edition.
Half navy sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt compartments, gilt friezes on the rubbed headcaps, one joint rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, three slight tears to the leading edges.
Pedlar's stamp.

First edition.
Half sheep binding in burgundy, smooth spine decorated with blind-tooled compartments, dotted lines and gilt fillets.
A handsome copy.

First edition.
With a frontispiece vignette.
Two small lacks to head and foot of spine, scattered foxing.
Rare.

First edition not put into commerce and printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Autograph inscription by the author. Work illustrated with drawings by Töpffer and Raffet.
Some rare small wormholes without consequence, handsome copy.

Rodolphe & François TÖPFFER
Histoire de Mr. Jabot
Imprimerie Caillet | Paris [1860]| 28 x 19.5 cm | publisher's binding
New edition, original for parts, texts and drawings reviewed by Töpffer's son. The first edition was published in Geneva in 1833. The title page of the first edition was also used for the Parisian edition. 52 pages of illustrations.
Publisher's illustrated cloth in full red glazed calico, spine decorated at the top and bottom with gilt fillets and motifs with a gilt title, boards framed with black fillets and friezes, the first with a large golden illustration in the centre, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
The glazed calico in the...

Rodolphe TÖPFFER
Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois
Paris 1860 | 28 x 19.5 cm | publisher's binding
New edition, original for parts, texts and drawings reviewed by Töpffer's son. 92 pages of illustrations
Publisher's illustrated cloth in full red glazed calico, spine decorated at the top and bottom with gilt fillets and motifs with a gilt title, boards framed with black fillets and friezes, the first with a large golden illustration in the centre, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
A damaged corner and glazed calico cracked around the top of the joint on the second board. Very fresh copy without any foxing whatsoever.

Rodolphe & François TÖPFFER
Le Docteur Festus
Garnier Frères | Paris [c. 1860] | 28 x 19.5 cm | publisher's binding
New edition, original for parts, texts and drawings reviewed by Töpffer's son. 92 pages of illustrations.
Publisher's illustrated cloth in full red glazed calico, spine decorated at the top and bottom with gilt fillets and motifs with a gilt title, boards framed with black fillets and arabesques, the first with a large golden illustration in the centre, all edges gilt.
Spine ends a little damaged. Very fresh copy without any foxing whatsoever.

Rodolphe TÖPFFER
Histoire de Mr. Crépin
Imp. E. Dufrénoy | Paris [c. 1900]| 28 x 19.5 cm | publisher's binding
New edition. 88 pages of illustrations.
Publisher's illustrated cloth in full red glazed calico, spine decorated at the top and bottom with gilt fillets and motifs with a gilt title, boards framed with black fillets and friezes, the first with a large golden illustration in the centre, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. Glazed calico slightly cracked on the second board. Very fresh copy without any foxing whatsoever.

first edition of the 27 boards, our copy (one copy release) is the one that was offered to the staff of the Revue des Deux Mondes,   hand-signed by the publisher.
Shirt flap holster full of brown canvas editor.
Mors from the case a little rubbed.
Some minor foxing.

Third edition.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with sextuple gilt compartments and one blind compartment, gilt dotted ornaments at head and foot, triple blind fillets framing the red boards, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Preface by Sainte-Beuve.
Work illustrated after the author's original drawings by Calame, K. Girardet, Français, d'Aubigny, de Bar, Gagnet, Forest.
Some minor foxing without consequence affecting mainly the beginning and end of the volume.

First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments embellished with floral corner motifs, light rubbing traces on joints, blind fillet frames on dark green cardboard boards, moiré-effect endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with drawings after Töpffer by Calame, Girardet, Français, d'Aubigny, Gagnet, Forest...
Scattered foxing.

Second edition.
Covers absent.
Some minor foxing of no great consequence.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Autograph inscription signed by the author on the first cover, the dedicatee's name has been skillfully scraped off.
Some minor foxing. Rare.