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#Dictionnaire infernal free#
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1926. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S.
#Dictionnaire infernal plus#
This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason: The demon Ukobach-inventor of fireworks and the art of frying food.įrontispiece from ‘Dictionnaire Infernal.’ĭetail of witches flying from frontispiece.īelow pages from ‘Dictionnaire Infernal’-the whole volume can be viewed here.This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. Leonard-Demon and Master of the Nocturnal Orgies. One of the Seven Princes of Hell: The demon Bael with his three heads.īelphegor-one of the Seven Princes of Hell taking a dump.
#Dictionnaire infernal archive#
However, the Infernal Dictionary is still a highly important compendium of demonology and the occult-in particular the 1863 edition with its fabulous illustrations by Le Breton.Īn edition of the Infernal Dictionnaire has been scanned by the Internet Archive and can be viewed here. Unsurprisingly therefore, later editions were edited to fit in with Catholic theology. Though originally a free thinker-he had been greatly influenced by Voltaire in his youth-De Plancy eventually became a Roman Catholic and parts of the Infernal Dictionary show his vacillation from skeptic to devout believer. Infernal Dictionary, or, a Universal Library on the beings, characters, books, deeds, and causes which pertain to the manifestations and magic of trafficking with Hell divinations, occult sciences, grimoires, marvels, errors, prejudices, traditions, folktales, the various superstitions, and generally all manner of marvellous, surprising, mysterious, and supernatural beliefs. A title page from the 1826 edition described the book thus: He also included historical figures associated with the occult or free thought-from various kings and queens to Napoleon and Nostradamus and even the renowned author Sir Walter Scott. De Plancy filled his dictionary with detailed histories of the hierarchy of demons-from lowly pot boilers (Ukobach) to the Seven Princes of Hell, the Demon Regent Asmodeus, Astaroth and Lucifer. Written and compiled by French occultist, demonologist and author Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy, the Dictionnaire Infernal was first published in 1818 to considerable success, and was reprinted several times before its most incarnation in 1863 in an edition that contained 69 illustrations by artist Louis Le Breton.īreton’s illustrations became the main source for nearly all future representations of demons, monsters and fantastical beasts. A few lessons in French maybe required if you want to seriously study the Dictionnaire Infernal ( Infernal Dictionary)-an A-Z on demonology and the occult-though Google translate may offer an easier option to access the histories of such demonic figures as the Azazel, Bael or Zabulon.
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