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Translated by Prudence Priest. Edited with an introduction by James Banner. Frontispiece with 69 additional illustrated plates from designs by Louis Breton. 22.4x15 cm (9x6"), black polished calf lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, silk ribbons. Second Trident Books Edition.

 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. The second edition does not bear the debossed pentagram on the cover and the plates are printed on the same paper as the text leaves. The limited edition of 1,000 copies was published in 1999.