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[Demonology] (Daniel Defoe). Histoire du Diable, traduite de l'Anglois

Tome premier, contenant un détail des circonstances, où il est trouvé, depuis son bannissement du ciel, jusqu'à la création de l'homme: avec quelques reflexions sur les erreurs de certains auteurs, touchant la raison & la manière de sa chute. Tome second, qui traite de la conduite qu'il a tenue jusqu'à-present, & des moïens dont il se sert pour venir à bout de ses desseins. Amst., Aux Dépens de la Compagnie, 1729, 2 parts in 1 vol., (12),264; (6),302 pp., both parts with the same engr. frontisp. by G.F.L. Debrie, contemp. half sheepskin, gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo.

A good copy with the following sm. defects: sm. waterstain in first few textlvs. of the first part. Lower joint splitting at foot of spine; leather sl. rubbed/ dry. Caillet II, 4046. First edition of this French translation (a second one with the same address appeared already in 1730). It is translated from the second English edition titled 'The political history of the Devil' (1727), of which the first edition was published in 1726. Not surprisingly, the book was put on the Index in 1744.

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