Demonographia: The Fountainhead of Diabolic Portraiture

Seattle: Trident Books, 1999. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Louis Breton. A handsome copy of the 1999 numbered, limited edition. #243 OF ONLY 1,000 COPIES ISSUED. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing --and just a touch of soiling-- along the panel edges. Octavo, fold-out frontispiece, 69 high-quality engraved illustrations by Louis Breton. "Being 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 & dignitaries named in the classic literature of medieval magic and sorcery. Presented with a translation of the descriptions of the demons from the original French text, rendered by Prudence Priest" (from the title page).