first edition Magazine
1956 · Paris
by Galtier-Boissière, Jean, editor, Roger Peyrefitte, Charles Blanchard, Roland Villeneuve, Lucien Frnoux-Reynaud, Pierre Dominique, Pierre Bathille, et al.
Paris: Crapouillot, 1956. Magazine. 72p., 9.5x12.5 inches, text in French, profusely illustrated with reproductions of religious and profane drawings and etchings, lightly-worn and toned magazine in white pictorial wraps. French satirical magazine begun by Galtier-Boissiere in the trenches of WWI. The title is derived from trench warfare black humor meaning a combination of "the little toad" & "small trench mortar" This issue focuses on the Church and Sexuality with much on homosexuality and lesbianism. Peyrefitte contributes "Sodome et l'église (Inventory #: 116628)