The Mountain Dragon

A variegated dragon hovers over a woman and her dogs standing on the bank of a tumultuous mountain stream, next to a lush pine tree.

Each illustration featured in this book was printed twice: once included in the passage to which it is relevant, embellished with an elaborate border, and once plain, as part of a booklet gathered at the end of the volume, as wasn't uncommon for luxury editions of that time.

The caption reads in the original French: Quant aux dragons des montagnes, ils ont les écailles dorées.