Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Töpffer, Rodolphe, 1799-1846

Title:

Histoire de Mr. Jabot.

Alternate Title(s):

Cover title: Mr. Jabot

Published / Created:

Genève : [J. Freydig], 1833.

Physical Description:

[2], 52 leaves ; 16 x 25 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC1659 .T64 1833+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

SML,AOB: In manuscript (in the author's hand?) on front cover: "À Monsieur R. Töpffer, hommage de l'auteur."

BEIN 2011 +6: Original blue printed wrappers bound in. 17 x 26 cm. Inscription: à Monsieur Töpffer, hommage de l'auteur. From the Duval-Mercier Collection of Rodolphe Töpffer.

"Autographié chez J. Freydig, Geneve, 1833."--Leaf [2], first count.

Edition limited to 800 copies

Blondel & Mirabaud. Töpffer, p. 375-376

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco. Title stamped in gilt on front cover. Includes an elaborate cut-paper booklate for "F.K.," incorporating an arboreal design.

Subject Terms:

French with and humor, Pictorial. | Swiss wit and humor, Pictorial. | Caricatures and cartoons -- France. | Caricatures and cartoons -- Switzerland. | France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons. | Switzerland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and caroons. | F.K. -- Bookplate. | Töpffer, Rodolphe, 1799–1846 -- Autograph. | Duval-Mercier Collection of Rodolphe Töpffer. | Lithography -- Specimens -- 1833.

Form/Genre:

Autography -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- 1833. | Cut-paper works.