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TÖPFFER, Rodolphe (1799-1846). Le Docteur Festus. Paris: lithographed in Geneva by Schmidt for Abraham Cherbuliez & Cie., [1840].
Oblong 8° (165 x 265mm). 88pp. printed on both rectos and versos by transfer lithography. (Scattered faint spotting, heavier at beginning.) Contemporary quarter morocco, preserving original wrappers with title and advert, gilt spine (wrappers soiled and spotted with one short marginal repaired tear).
FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION OF TÖPFFER’S WORK AS SENT TO GOETHE. Thanks to an introduction to Goethe by his friend Frédéric Soret (1795-1865), Töpffer was able to send his drawings to Weimar, where, contrary to his dislike for caricature, Goethe sought relief from the grief of the death of his son Julius in 1830 by avidly enjoying their humour. They included Festus, as well as Histoire de M. Cryptogame, and – although it arrived too late, 6 days after the death of Goethe – La bibliothèque de mon oncle. By 1840, with his reputation established, Töpffer felt confident enough to redraw and officially publish these works. Included in the present lot are three later editions of Festus, two reprints of Cryptogame, and a 1923 facsimile of the presentation copy to Goethe of Mon oncle.
Oblong 8° (165 x 265mm). 88pp. printed on both rectos and versos by transfer lithography. (Scattered faint spotting, heavier at beginning.) Contemporary quarter morocco, preserving original wrappers with title and advert, gilt spine (wrappers soiled and spotted with one short marginal repaired tear).
FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION OF TÖPFFER’S WORK AS SENT TO GOETHE. Thanks to an introduction to Goethe by his friend Frédéric Soret (1795-1865), Töpffer was able to send his drawings to Weimar, where, contrary to his dislike for caricature, Goethe sought relief from the grief of the death of his son Julius in 1830 by avidly enjoying their humour. They included Festus, as well as Histoire de M. Cryptogame, and – although it arrived too late, 6 days after the death of Goethe – La bibliothèque de mon oncle. By 1840, with his reputation established, Töpffer felt confident enough to redraw and officially publish these works. Included in the present lot are three later editions of Festus, two reprints of Cryptogame, and a 1923 facsimile of the presentation copy to Goethe of Mon oncle.
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