L'habitation forcée.

KIPLING (Rudyard); KING (Jessie M), illus.

L'habitation forcée.

Translated into French by Louis Fabulet and Robert D'Humieres.

Paris: René Kieffer, 1921.

Square 4to., 93 pp. + colophon, [2] adverts; pictorial wrappers with Art Deco style design in black outline with blue pochoir decoration, original protective glassine wrapper (lightly tanned), overall a fine copy.

Illustrated with Twenty pochoir color plates by Jessie M. King.

One of a Limited edition of 550 copies, of which 500 were printed on velin paper, and 50 copies printed on japon paper.

This copy is number 196 of the 500 on velin paper.

The delicate illustrations for this book are considered to be some of King's finest; prepared during Jessie M. King's time in Paris. They are reproduced using the stencil technique known as Pochoir, which produces clearer and more vibrant colors.

Reference: Taylor, Art Nouveau Book in Britain, p. 136.