TOPFFER Rodolphe, “VOYAGES EN ZIG-ZAG ou excursions D’un Pensionnat en Vacances dans les Cantons Suisses et sur le revers Italien des Alpes / Illustres d’après des dessins de l’auteur et ornes de 15 grands dessins par M. Calame”, chez J.-J. Dubochet et Compagnie, Paris, 1844. First Edition, in-4o, p. viii,542,[2]. With 55 full-page, and a multitude of wood (319) engravings in-text, engraved by the author and designed by Girardet, dAubigny, French et.al. The author is considered the precursor to modern comics. As the subheading suggests, the book consists of expanded notes from a travel diary kept by Töpffer while hiking with schoolboys in the Alps during a summer vacation. This illustration was originally sketched by him around 1832 and later re-drawn on wood by François-Louis Français. This workflow is typical of most of the illustrations for this book, with other artists specialized in landscape drawing, such as Charles-François DAubigny or Karl Girardet also contributing. Publisher’s green cloth with blind stamped and gilt designs on spine and boards. Rather dull spine, slightly rubbed and bumped edges. Marbled end papers, some foxing and spotting throughout. Clean and sound interior, with beautiful fresh plates. Uncommon and Good copy.