![TÖPFFER, Rodolphe (1799-1846). [Voyages en Zigzig.] Comprising: Voyage a Chamonix. [Geneva]: 1835 -- Another copy of the same [bound with:] Excursion dans l'Oberland. [Geneva]: de Fruetiger, 1835 -- Voyage en Zigzig. [Geneva: de Fruetiger, 1836] -- Second Voyage en Zigzig. [Geneva: de Fruetiger, 1836] -- Voyage de 1839 Milan, Côme, Splugen. [Geneva]: de Fruetiger,1839 -- Voyage de 1840. [Geneva: Fruetiger, 1839] -- Another copy of the same -- Le Tour du Lac. Geneva: chez Schmid, 1841 -- Another copy of the same -- Voyage autour du Mont-Blanc dans les vallées d'Hérens, de Zermatt et au Grimsel. Geneva: chez Schmid, 1843.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/CKS/2016_CKS_12139_0222_000(topffer_rodolphe_voyages_en_zigzig_comprising_voyage_a_chamonix_geneva103318).jpg?w=1)
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TÖPFFER, Rodolphe (1799-1846). [Voyages en Zigzig.] Comprising: Voyage a Chamonix. [Geneva]: 1835 -- Another copy of the same [bound with:] Excursion dans l'Oberland. [Geneva]: de Fruetiger, 1835 -- Voyage en Zigzig. [Geneva: de Fruetiger, 1836] -- Second Voyage en Zigzig. [Geneva: de Fruetiger, 1836] -- Voyage de 1839 Milan, Côme, Splugen. [Geneva]: de Fruetiger,1839 -- Voyage de 1840. [Geneva: Fruetiger, 1839] -- Another copy of the same -- Le Tour du Lac. Geneva: chez Schmid, 1841 -- Another copy of the same -- Voyage autour du Mont-Blanc dans les vallées d'Hérens, de Zermatt et au Grimsel. Geneva: chez Schmid, 1843.
11 works in 10 volumes, all oblong 8° (most approx. 165 x 255mm) excepting the last named work in oblong 4° (202 x 249mm). All bound in contemporary morocco gilt, many preserving original wrappers (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Ch. Toepffer (?Rodolphe’s son, presentation inscription on wrapper of last named work to:) – Andrew Fairbairn (armorial bookplate; a number of the other works with Fairbairn's bookplate or ownership inscription).
FIRST EDITIONS OF TÖPFFER'S CLASSIC ACCOUNTS OF ALPINE EXCURSIONS. Executed in a mildly caricatural style with warm and gentle humour, these publications record the summer visits to the Alps made by Töpffer and his pupils. While other schools undertook similar visits, Töpffer was probably unique in his view that they should be fun. Hence the crazy hilarity of his stories, with laughs at bed-bugs and unfortunate falls while hiking on the trails. Lonchamp 2937, 2998, 3002, 3007, 3012, 3014, 3015, and 3016.
11 works in 10 volumes, all oblong 8° (most approx. 165 x 255mm) excepting the last named work in oblong 4° (202 x 249mm). All bound in contemporary morocco gilt, many preserving original wrappers (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Ch. Toepffer (?Rodolphe’s son, presentation inscription on wrapper of last named work to:) – Andrew Fairbairn (armorial bookplate; a number of the other works with Fairbairn's bookplate or ownership inscription).
FIRST EDITIONS OF TÖPFFER'S CLASSIC ACCOUNTS OF ALPINE EXCURSIONS. Executed in a mildly caricatural style with warm and gentle humour, these publications record the summer visits to the Alps made by Töpffer and his pupils. While other schools undertook similar visits, Töpffer was probably unique in his view that they should be fun. Hence the crazy hilarity of his stories, with laughs at bed-bugs and unfortunate falls while hiking on the trails. Lonchamp 2937, 2998, 3002, 3007, 3012, 3014, 3015, and 3016.
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