Doctor Festus
Authors: Rodolphe Töpffer
- Original
- humor
- classic
Le Docteur Festus (Rodolphe Töpffer, lithographed 1840): the absent-minded Doctor Festus sets out on a “voyage d’instruction” on a mule and is swept into an absurd chain of misadventures, mistaken for a ghost, a comet and worse. One of the founding works of the comic strip, by the Genevan pioneer of the “histoire en estampes”. Original 1840 album (Cherbuliez, Paris), French. Suitable for all ages. Public domain.
- Episodes
- 1
- Pages
- 89
- Language
- français
- Rating
- All ages
Attribution
Le Docteur Festus, histoire de Rodolphe Töpffer (1799–1846), autographiée par l’auteur, lith. de Schmidt, Genève; Paris, Abraham Cherbuliez, 1840. Public domain (author d. 1846). Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France (ark:/12148/btv1b8529028q, full-resolution IIIF images, unmodified; also on Wikimedia Commons). The volume is bound with Monsieur Pencil; only the Docteur Festus wrapper cover, title page, 86 plates and the map are included (binding, blank leaves and Monsieur Pencil excluded). The ebooks-bnr re-edition was not used (non-commercial terms).
License: PD
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