Un Poème dans Chaque Livre. With 16 prints by Picasso, Miro, Chagall, Braque and others

Paul Eluard. Louis Broder Paris, 1956. In Octavo (8x73/8 in.) Loose as issued in original wrappers, in Montval laid paper, chemise and slipcase in blue satin. One of 100 numbered copies on Rive wove paper. Signed on the justification page by all the artists with exception of Léger, Laurens and Tanguy. The book is a tribute to Paul Eluard, who died in 1952, and includes a collection of 12 poems printed with Eluard s handwriting in facsimile, and 16 prints that accompany the poems by: Picasso (2 etchings), Braque (etching), Leger (lithograph), Ernst (etching), Beaudin (drypoint), Chagall (etching), Masson (etching), Arp (woodcut), Dominguez (drypoint), Miro (etching), Giacometti (etching), Villon (etching), Laurens (woodcut), Hugo (drypoint), Tanguy (etching). Beautiful rare edition. Complete and in very good conditions: Slipcase and Hard chemise in blue satins with some discolorations and light wears. Inside in excellent conditions except for a small and pale stain on the poem Les yeux fertiles, and one on the poem Defense de savoir, two very small and pale stains on Chagall lithograph, and light offprint on the poem Exemples Imbécile habitant.