"La Pétarade de Chaudepanse" - Monologue with Amusing Cover Art

Paris: Marcel Labbé. [1907]. A comic monologue of 35 lines from a collection of "Monologues rabelaisiens" telling the story of Monsieur Chaudepanse, who farts as payment for his restaurant lunch. On the cover, a hilarious image by M. Pidot shows the shameless M. Chaudepanse delivering his farts from upon the tabletop, to the dismay of the waiter. 4 pp. Slight wear to the central fold of the bifolium from a previous binding; otherwise in fine condition. 6.75 x 10.5 inches (17.1 x 26.5 cm).
The poem may be an hommage to "Le Pétomane," the famous French flatulist who was popular at the time, a performer at the Moulin Rouge, whose stage act involved sound effects of cannon fire and thunderstorms, as well as playing "'O Sole Mio" and "La Marseillaise" on an ocarina through a rubber tube in his anus. His audience included Edward, Prince of Wales; King Leopold II of the Belgians; and Sigmund Freud. A remarkable recording exists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tixKopGjn5s.   (13327)

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