Marc CHAGALL (1897-1985) - Paul ÉLUARD (1895-1952) Le Dur désir de durer. [Paris]: Bordas, 1950. - In-4, 28.2 x 22.2 cm: frontispiece, 49 pp. (7 ff. last 2 blank), illustrated cover. Paperback, lined cover. Second edition of this collection of poems first published in 1946. It is illustrated with 25 drawings by Marc CHAGALL, including a color frontispiece reproduced by Daniel Jacomet under the artist's supervision, and a composition on the cover. Edition of 1,015 copies, this one of 1,000 on vellum bouffant d'alfa (no. 925), complete with the printed crystal superimposed on the cover. A very well preserved copy. The frontispiece is flying.