Also, 5 of the engravings weren’t of demons, so I’m choosing not to include them here.Īll of these are cross-referenced to their longer descriptions somewhere else in the site, as de Plancy’s descriptions aren’t very long – they also aren’t exact translations, as I’ve condensed most of them further to make them more readable and to avoid plagiarizing the newer English translation of the text (Trident Books, 1999). A true BURNING for DICTION Thus, a Plancy, does good in leaving the Infernal Dictionary of authored marksmenship through this inexpensive, annotated eBook.
It was written by Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy and first published in 1818. Where can I find an English version of The Infernal Dictionary for free (or at least for cheap) I can find high quality French PDFs that are completely free with no trouble, but the only English copies I can find are ultra deluxe 200 hardcover sets. MacGregor Mathers’ The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon, though some were left out. The Dictionnaire Infernal (English: Infernal Dictionary) is a book on demonology, organised in hellish hierarchies.
sources but, swelling as it proceeded, it became the torrent which, in its. Many of these demon illustrations were republished in S. Title Page of the First Edition of Frankenstein, 1818 (litho), English. Collin de Plancy then published the set with brief descriptions in his book “Dictionnaire Infernal.” The book was published in French throughout the 1800s in several editions. The Dictionnaire Infernal (English: Infernal Dictionary) is a book on demonology, organized in hellish hierarchies.
Sixth edition, printed by Henry Plon in is the most coveted edition of Dictionnaire Infernal because it is the only edition that contains the famous illustrations.
Louis Breton created a set of 69 illustrations of demons, which were then engraved by M. Full Dictionnaire Infernal has illustrations and was not until now available in PDF for free download.