ELUARD (Paul). Les Yeux fertiles. Paris: G.L.M., 1936. - In-12, 198 x 142: portrait, 88 pp. (4 ff. last blank), printed cover. Jansenist blue morocco, smooth spine, wood-paper lining and endpapers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, blue morocco spine folder and flap bands, lined slipcase (Creuzevault). First edition illustrated with 5 compositions by Pablo PICASSO, including a portrait of the author reproduced on coated paper, and four full-page black drawings. A precious copy, one of 2 hors commerce on japon nacré, not indicated in the justification, this one justified "H. C 1/2" offered by Eluard to René Char. It is enriched on the first blank page with the autograph copy of the poem Le Pont brisé, dedicated: to René Char // whom I admire and love and on the false title of this mailing: Avignon // We only stayed a moment in Avignon // We were in a hurry to get to l'Isle-sur-Sorgue // Where René Char was waiting for us. We were in a hurry to get to Isle-sur-Sorgue // where René Char was waiting for us // PEluard. This copy does not include the original etching by Picasso that usually accompanies the 10 copies sold on Japon. A fine copy bound by Creuzevault. It includes an autograph correction by Paul Eluard on page 19, where at the end of the poem Le Sablier vide he crossed out the word "vides" and replaced it with "propres". Spine of folder faded, spine of binding slightly faded. Provenance: René Char, with dispatch from the author. - Colette Creuzevault.