Excerpt from Rodolphe Töpffer, l'Écrivain, l'Artiste Et l'Homme
Qu'il nous soit permis' de remercier chaleureusement miles Tôptïer, M° l - lerpin, Mme Chenevière - Munier, MM. William de la Rive, Pictet de Fernex, Adert, Etienne et André Duval, Ch. Le Fort et Roger de Bons, qui ont bien voulu nous Confier ces trésors épistolaires. Ils ne s'en sont point tenus là estimant que chez Tôpfi°er l'écri vain ne saurait être séparé de l'artiste, il nous ont autorisé à reproduire quelques paysages de lui qu'ils avaient aussi soigneusement gardés dans leurs' portefeuilles Ces des sins à la plume, ces lavis, et le beau portrait de toptïer par Massbt ne seront pas les moindres attraits de ce volume.
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