Demonology - Lot 227

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Demonology - Lot 227
Demonology COLLIN de PLANCY (Jacques-Albin-Simon) Dictionnaire Infernal ou Bibliothèque Universelle, sur les Êtres, les Personnages, les Livres, les Faits et les Choses qui tiennent aux Apparitions, à la Magie, au commerce de l'Enfer, aux Divinations, aux Sciences Secrètes, aux Grimoires, aux Prodiges, aux Erreurs et aux Préjugés, aux Traditions et aux Contes populaires, aux Superstitions diverses, et généralement à toutes les Croyances Merveilleuses, Surprenantes, Mystérieuses et Surnaturelles Paris, Mongie ainé, 1825-26. 4 volumes in-8 : 2f, XXIV, 483pp / 2f, 491pp / 2f, 498pp / 2f, 559pp, 2f, 16 plates out of text (protected under serpents), 2f. Small spotting. ½ period fawn basane, ornate smooth spines, red title and endpapers, cold palettes, gilt filleting and irons, one bit of the last volume cracked at the foot entrance. A good copy. Very rare edition, the most complete of all and the best to consult. At the end of the last volume, 15 lithographs giving reproductions of Urbain Grandier's pacts with demons, astrological themes, the reception of a witch, scenes of the Sabbath, talismans and curious "claws" of demons (Caillet I, 367 ). Provenance ex-libris manuscript E. d'Anglemousfier.
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