The history of the devils of Loudun :
the alleged possession of the Ursuline nuns, and the trial and execution of Urbain Grandier /
told by an eye-witness ; translated from the original French, and edited by Edmund Goldsmid.

Description

Corporate Author

Des Niau.

Related Names

Goldsmid, Edmund
Un témoin

Language(s)

English

Published

Edinburgh : Priv. print., 1887-88.

Subjects

Grandier, Urbain, > Grandier, Urbain, / 1590-1634
Couvent des Ursulines (Loudun, France)
Demoniac possession > Demoniac possession / France > Demoniac possession / France / Loudun.
Occultism

Note

Not the same work as Histoire des diables de Loudun (Amsterdam, 1693) of Nicolas Aubin.
Includes facsim. of original title page: La veritable histoire des diables de Loudun, de la possession des religieuses ursulines et de la condamnation d'Urbain Grandier, par Un temoin, Poitiers, J. Thoreau et la veuve Ménier, 1834.
Limited ed. of 275 small paper and 75 large paper copies.

Physical Description

3 v. in 1 ; 19 cm.

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