BN vol. 191, col. 602-603
Rodolphe Töpffer (preface by F. Caradec) preface and p. 171-215
Töpffer (ed. by Lucien Boissonnas et al.) Chronologie, p. 7-8
Cover title.
Title from BN; cover title and publication information from Rodolphe Töpffer (preface by François Caradec), Paris, 1975.
Statement about lithographer from added t.p.
Töpffer created Le Docteur Festus in 1829 but did not publish it until 1840. Cf. Töpffer (Lucien Boissonnas et al.), "Chronologie," p. 7-8, and Rodolphe Töpffer (preface by F. Caradec), "Bibliographie des albums de R. Töpffer," p. [10].
"Carte pour servir à l'intelligence des Voyages et aventures du Docteur Festus," p. 88. Map shows kingdoms of Rondeterre, Ginvernais and Vireloup.
LC copy lacks cover-title. Has handwritten English translations of French captions on p. 2-14. Acquired by the Library of Congress in 1892.