Töpffer. - Lot 178

Töpffer. Voyages en zigzag ou excursions d'un pensionnat en vacances dans les cantons suisses et sur le revers italien des Alpes. Paris, Garnier frères, 1850. 1 vol. in-4. Full black publisher's percaline decorated with a gilt plate on the boards and spine, gilt edges. Third edition. Illustrated with drawings by the author and 15 plates by M. Galame. A title-frontispice and numerous plates out of text. Rubbing to the upper spine. Some foxing. Nouveaux voyages en zigzag à la grande chartreuse, autour du Mont-Blanc... Preceded by a notice by Sainte-Beuve. Paris, Victor Lecou, 1854. 1 vol. in-4. Half red morocco with corners, spine ribbed, title and author gilt, head gilt. Illustrated after original drawings by Töpffer by Messrs Calame, Girardet, Français, d'Aubigny, De bar, Gagnet and Forest. Title-frontispice and numerous plates out-of-text. Not collated.