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On the "Tormentor of Macon"

PERREAUD (PERRAULT), François.
Demonologie ou traitte des demons et sorciers: de leur puissance & impuissance. Ensemble l' Antidemon de Mascon ou histoire veritable de ce qu'un demon a fait & dit, il y a quelques années, en la maison dudit Sr. Perreaud à Mascon.

With small woodcut vignette on title, woodcut initials and head-and tailpieces.

With small woodcut vignette on title, woodcut initials and head-and tailpieces.

With small woodcut vignette on title, woodcut initials and head-and tailpieces.



Genève, Pierre Aubert, 1653. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. With small woodcut vignette on title, woodcut initials and head-and tailpieces. (32), 233, (23); 78 pp.

First edition of this curious and rare work on demonology by François Perreaud, or Perrault (1572 or 1577-1657), son of a protestant pastor, and himself a Protestant minister in the French Bourgogne and Gex region. Apparently he had strong sympathies for humanism giving numerous citations from Erasmus, Pico della Mirandola, Machiavelli, Montaigne and of course the expert in the field, Jean Bodin.
The book describes in detail all vexations and  nuisance caused by devils and sorcerers. The second part is devoted to one demon in particular, the so-called "Tormentor" of Mâcon, who caused trouble to the household of the author and to all inhabitants of the town of Mâcon. This book has been translated into Dutch in 1658 and republished several times (1656, 1657, 1853); a modern edition was edited by Ph. Leduc.

Browned at places. Good copy with manuscript notes on verso of front cover and on verso of title: "livre noté comme rare dans les catalogues".
Caillet 8530: "ouvrage curieux et rare, surtout en édition ancienne"; Coumont, Demonology and witchcraft P25.1; Thorndike VIII, 545; cf. Bibliotheca Esoterica, 3615 and 3616.

Related Subjects: Demonology  Humanism  Occult 

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