Histoire de Mr. Jabot

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 joints has some cracking, without weakening the volume. Very fresh copy without any foxing whatsoever.
The very first of Töpffer's stories to be published and the very first comic book, which will be an inspiration to future author's vocations around the world.