Title: Dictionnaire infernal, ou, Recherches et anecdotes, sur les démons, les esprits, les fantômes, les spectres, les revenants….,1818. First Edition
Author: Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin de Plancy
Publisher: Paris, Mongie Fain
Condition: Very Good
A first edition of Collin de Plancy’s famed Dictionnaire Infernal, or, Researches and anecdotes, on demons, spirits, ghosts, specters, ghosts, werewolves, the possessed, sorcerers, the Sabbat, magicians, salamanders, sylphs, gnomes , etc. visions, dreams, prodigies, charms, curses, marvelous secrets, talismans, etc.; in a word, on everything relating to apparitions, magic, the commerce of hell, divinations, secret sciences, superstitions, mysterious and supernatural things, etc. etc., etc.
Two books finely bound into one volume in quarto, XLVIII+390+(2), (6)+404 pages
This volume is in very good shape, with minor rubbing and wear to the binding, and a small worming to the foot of the front hinge. There is a puncture mark to the lower right corner, up to page XXXIII. Several letters are obscured. There is some foxing throughout, heavier to the first handful of pages.