The crotestylonian fricassee

Foreword by Prosper BLANCHEMIN.

"A popular and childish text, La Friquassée crotestyllonnée is a 716-verse poem, published in Rouen in 1601, whose anonymous author is said to have written "haphazardly everything he heard around him". This very rare book is an anthology of rhyming sayings, short formulas, nursery rhymes, proverbs, and song snippets, punctuating 16th-century Norman childhoods. A true reference of Rabelaisian song, whether sermonized, sung, or paraded, it is presented in Old French with a shimmering language where it is good to eat and drink. Skillfully and savorily commented on by two members of a whimsical 19th-century academy, this edition offers a juxtaposition of viewpoints. The text, supplemented by a critical approach, will largely contribute to elevating La Friquassée to the rank of divine buffoonery while introducing contemporary storytellers to formulas and songs still in vogue and poetic inventions of unique modernity."

LIMITED EDITION of 330 numbered copies. This is one of the 300 copies numbered on Holland paper.