PICASSO Pablo, REVERDY Pierre. CHANT DES MORTS. Paris, Tériade [Verve], 1948: folio (430 x 325 mm) of [64] ff. in lithographed cover; publisher's beige cloth folder and slipcase. A few transfers and minor foxing to some leaves. First edition of these 43 handwritten poems reproduced in facsimile. The illustration is composed of 125 lithographs in red by Pablo Picasso, including 8 hors-texte, the other 117 illuminating the poet's manuscript, notably the two covers. Edition of 270 copies on Arches vellum (no. 32), signed by Picasso and Reverdy. Bibliography: Goeppert-Cramer, 50.