ÉLUARD (Paul). Sur les pentes inférieures. Paris, 1941. - In-8 pamphlet, leaves. First edition. This booklet of only 10 pages, printed in a small number of copies, is a collection of 7 poems by Paul Éluard. Illustrated with a portrait of the author by Picasso, it opens with a preface by Jean Paulhan. A separate leaf contains a chronological list of Éluard's works from 1917 to 1941. The last page contains, under the heading "Poésie fraîche", a text by Francis Dumont on Georges Hugnet, Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp. A copy of the current edition, with an autograph letter from the author to the writer Luc Dietrich. Central fold.