8vo., full dark blue (nearly black) grained cloth with elaborate blind blocked borders and inner corner fleurons. The large central gilt-stamped design is festooned with vases of leaves and flowers, highlighted with brilliant onlaid panels of green, red, yellow and blue. The somewhat less elaborate baroque design on the rear cover uses just the color yellow among the flowers. The spine is elaborately decorated with much gilt and red, green and yellow onlays; a.e.g. In a protective clamshell case with a leather spine label.A SUPERB BINDING on a brilliant book containing eight full-page color lithographs by BAYLOS, illustrating each of the stories. Sophie Malavielle (Reliures et cartonnages d éditeur en France au XIXe siècle [1815-1865] underscores the importance of the publisher's role in the history of polychrome bindings: "Lehuby [was] le plus important éditeur parisien de livres pour le jeunesse, sans doute le premier à vendre ce genre d'ouvrages en cartonnages d'édition en percaline dorée et mosaïquée. Il fait graver de nombreuses plaques."It is difficult to imagine a better example of the genre.