COLLIN DE PLANCY, Le Diable peint par lui-même, 1819

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques-Albin-Simon.

Le Diable peint par lui-même.

Paris, P. Mongie Aîné, 1819.

8vo (197x125 mm), frontispiece and xl-318 pages (half title is missing). binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt flat spine. Binding slightly rubbed. Foxings.

First edition.
A unique literary work about demons, from the dark romantic movement. It extends Collin de Plancy's work on demonology with a narrative style, the Devil boasting of his exactions: Forms and Metamorphoses. Demons in mud, in tree trunks, in toads, in black cats, in bears, in pigs, in young girls, etc. Services rendered by demons, the devil and St. Dominic, misadventures and weaknesses of demons, the Infernal Council, Agrippa, Cardan, Scaliger, Mesmer, Cagliostro, etc. Loves of demons with mortals, Love of a nun and a demon, Love of a devil for a chaste nun, etc.

With a curious grave frontispiece representing an interview between the author and the devil.

references: Caillet [ I, 2455 : « Ouvrage publié avant la conversion de l'auteur et dont les exemplaires furent en partie détruits »], Dorbon [801, ed. 1826 : "Le plus rare des ouvrages de Collin de Plancy"], Yve-Plessis [284].

provenance: Handwritten ex libris Ch. Dubouloz.

Price : 800 €

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