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x, 98, +4 ad pp. Translated by Prudence Priest. Foldout frontispiece with other illustrated plates from designs by Louis Breton on glossy stock. 21x13.5 cm (8¼x5¼"), black polished morocco debossed with a pentagram device on cover, lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers. Bound by Ars Obscura. No. 45 from an edition limited to 1,000 copies.

Signed by Prudence Priest at end of Translator's Preface. The Dictionnaire Infernal (English: "Infernal Dictionary") is a book on demonology, describing demons organized in hierarchies. It was written by Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy and first published in 1818. There were several editions of the book; perhaps the most famous is the 1863 edition, which included sixty-nine illustrations by Louis Le Breton depicting the appearances of several of the demons. Many but not all of these images were later used in S. L. MacGregor Mathers's edition of The Lesser Key of Solomon.