Small 4to. crushed snakeskin with blindstamped oval pictorial panels to each board, gilt lettering to spine; t.e.g. Number 273 of 500 on handmade paper. Bound by the publisher Rene Kieffer who also was a famous Parisian bookbinder. 28 magnificently executed and delicately colored pochoir (prints made from stencils) illustrations by pre-eminent illustrator, Jessie M. King, to accompany this French language edition of Rudyard Kipling's story. Purple marbled end-papers. Fine. A beautiful copy of a scarce book.