Description:Limited to 1,000 copies, each invidually numbered, this book is a first edition, limited edition, and first English translation of the 1863 French text.Demonographia is a complete collection of the diabolic portraiture designed by Louis Breton for J.A.S. Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, depicting many of the demons and dignitaries named in the classic literature of medeival magic and sorcery. This collection was never before published in its entirety, and the publlisher felt that seeing these images in the proper context would help students of demonology 'flesh out' their ideas of what the descriptions given in works like The Goetia intended.Each illustration is reproduced line for line. They have not been reconstructed but are given exactly as in the original source work. The original descriptions have been traslated from the French and are included as an appendix to the gallery of illustrations. Also included are a bibliography and large foldout image of a demonic scene.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Demonographia: The Fountainhead of Diabolic Portraiture. To get started finding Demonographia: The Fountainhead of Diabolic Portraiture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
98
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Trident Books
Release
1999
ISBN
187900013X
Demonographia: The Fountainhead of Diabolic Portraiture
Description: Limited to 1,000 copies, each invidually numbered, this book is a first edition, limited edition, and first English translation of the 1863 French text.Demonographia is a complete collection of the diabolic portraiture designed by Louis Breton for J.A.S. Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, depicting many of the demons and dignitaries named in the classic literature of medeival magic and sorcery. This collection was never before published in its entirety, and the publlisher felt that seeing these images in the proper context would help students of demonology 'flesh out' their ideas of what the descriptions given in works like The Goetia intended.Each illustration is reproduced line for line. They have not been reconstructed but are given exactly as in the original source work. The original descriptions have been traslated from the French and are included as an appendix to the gallery of illustrations. Also included are a bibliography and large foldout image of a demonic scene.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Demonographia: The Fountainhead of Diabolic Portraiture. To get started finding Demonographia: The Fountainhead of Diabolic Portraiture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.