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COLLIN DE PLANCY, Dictionnaire infernal, 1818
COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.
Dictionnaire infernal ou recherches et anecdotes sur les Démons, les Esprits.
Paris, P. Mongie, 1818.
Two volumes 8vo (193x117 mm), frontispiece, xlviii-390 pages / frontispiece, (4)-404 pages. binding : Later quarter morocco, flat spines. Some foxings.
First edition.
First edition of Collin de Plancy's famous work, which presents itself as an encyclopedia of superstitions, demonology, occult sciences and all popular beliefs related to the devil and magic.
The work is both erudite and tinged with irony, typical of the rationalist tone of the 19th century.
Our copy, complete with the two allegorical frontispieces by Delignon, one representing a sabbath, the other represents Superstition.
references: Dorbon [805 :"Edition originale dans laquelle Collin de Plancy se montre chrétien, mais assez tiède"], Yve-Plessis [20 : "Ouvrage capital de Jacques Auguste Simon Collin"], Caillet [I, 2459].
provenance: Bookplate " Homo sum et ".
Price : 2800 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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