Voyage a la Grande Chartreuse. Orné de trente-et-une planches horse-texte d’après les dessins originaux du musée des beaux-arts de Genève et de vingt-neuf vignettes dans le texte. (Journey to the Grande Chartreuse. Illustrated with thirty-one full-page plates based on original drawings from the Museum of Fine Arts in Geneva and twenty-nine in-text vignettes.)

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Limited edition,1000 copies, this is copy #816. Hardcover. Decorated paper boards, illustrated paper label on front cover. 23.5x27x2 cm. Editions D’art Boissonnas. Geneve. 1922. 49 pp. + plates. Introduction by Danielle Plan. 31 full page plates, numerous illustrations in text. Very good, spine slightly darkened and lightly worn on ends, no dust jacket. French text. A tale illustrated with Topffer’s wonderful drawings. Topffer is often described as “the father of graphic literature” and credited as the creator of the first comics. weight: 1.8 lb.