1927 First Edition With Provenance
DEMONIALITY
By Ludovico Maria Sinistrari
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: The Fortune Press, London, 1927
Language: English
Limited Edition: 396/1200 Copies
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of the Campanella family, with bell crest and motto “Non Tardeo”; presentation inscription, apparently “To Marie, Xmas, from L.F.—1935.” Possibly the copy of Marie Campanella, precise identity uncon...
Collation: pp. 170
SKU: BTETM0001192
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
Demoniality
Or, Incubi and Succubi
PROVENANCE
Armorial bookplate of the Campanella family, with bell crest and motto “Non Tardeo”; presentation inscription, apparently “To Marie, Xmas, from L.F.—1935.” Possibly the copy of Marie Campanella, precise identity unconfirmed.
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
COLLATION
pp. 170
Original black buckram, spine lettered in gilt. Boards flat and binding firm; cloth rubbed, scuffed and irregularly mottled, with scattered pale marks; spine faded and more heavily worn, gilt dulled but legible; spine ends and corners lightly rubbed. Untrimmed handmade paper lightly toned at edges, internally clean. Armorial Campanella bookplate to front pastedown and 1935 presentation inscription to front free endpaper. Number 396 of 1,290 copies. Lacking dust jacket.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
REFERENCES
Coumont S71.8
d’Arch Smith B10
SYNOPSIS
Daemonolatreiae libri tres is a 1595 work by Nicholas Rémy. It was edited by Montague Summers and translated as Demonolatry in 1929.
Along with the Malleus Maleficarum, it is generally considered one of the most important early works on demons and witches. The book was drawn from the capital trials of roughly 900 persons who were tried and put to death in a fifteen-year span in the Duchy of Lorraine for the crime of witchcraft."
The Daemonolatreiae contains citations from a great many authors, ancient and modern, including Johann Weyer, who is cited as an authority as if there were no differences between his position and that of Rémy. More importantly, however, the book is also based on cases from the archives, but Rémy seems never to have returned the cases that he used, so it is impossible to check his account of any particular case against the original records.
AUTHOR BIO
Translated by Rev Montague Summers.
Ludovico Maria Sinistrari (26 February 1622 – 1701) was an Italian Franciscan priest and author. Born in Ameno, Italy, he studied in Pavia and entered the Franciscan Order in 1647. He taught philosophy and theology to students in Pavia, some of them having been attracted to the area by his fame.
Sinistrari was an advisor to the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition in Rome. He was considered an expert on exorcism and wrote of the effects (during exorcisms) of various plants and other substances[1] including cubeb, cardamom, ginger and nutmeg. He was also considered an expert on demonology,[2] sins relating to sexuality, and all combinations thereof, including investigations of those individuals accused of sexual relations with demons. Allegations along these lines became staples of later Inquisition investigations of those accused of witchcraft.
Not surprisingly, his advice was, at various times, directed against enemies of the Roman Catholic Church, including his references to Martin Luther as a "devil-begotten man".
Augustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 – 10 August 1948) was an English author, clergyman, and teacher. He initially prepared for a career in the Church of England at Oxford and Lichfield, and was ordained as an Anglican deacon in 1908. He then converted to Roman Catholicism and began styling himself as a Catholic priest. He was, however, never affiliated with any Catholic diocese or religious order, and it is doubtful that he was ever actually ordained to the priesthood. He was employed as a teacher of English and Latin while independently pursuing scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century. The latter earned him election to the Royal Society of Literature in 1916. Noted for his eccentric personality and interests, Summers became a well known figure in London society as a result of the publication of his History of Witchcraft and Demonology in 1926. That work was followed by other studies on witchcraft, vampires, and werewolves, in all of which he professed to believe. Summers also produced a modern English translation, published in 1929, of the 15th-century witch hunter's manual, the Malleus Maleficarum. He has been characterized as "arguably the most seminal twentieth century purveyor of pop culture occultism."
1927 First Edition With Provenance
DEMONIALITY
By Ludovico Maria Sinistrari
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Published By: The Fortune Press, London, 1927
Language: English
Limited Edition: 396/1200 Copies
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of the Campanella family, with bell crest and motto “Non Tardeo”; presentation inscription, apparently “To Marie, Xmas, from L.F.—1935.” Possibly the copy of Marie Campanella, precise identity uncon...
Collation: pp. 170
SKU: BTETM0001192
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
Demoniality
Or, Incubi and Succubi
PROVENANCE
Armorial bookplate of the Campanella family, with bell crest and motto “Non Tardeo”; presentation inscription, apparently “To Marie, Xmas, from L.F.—1935.” Possibly the copy of Marie Campanella, precise identity unconfirmed.
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
COLLATION
pp. 170
Original black buckram, spine lettered in gilt. Boards flat and binding firm; cloth rubbed, scuffed and irregularly mottled, with scattered pale marks; spine faded and more heavily worn, gilt dulled but legible; spine ends and corners lightly rubbed. Untrimmed handmade paper lightly toned at edges, internally clean. Armorial Campanella bookplate to front pastedown and 1935 presentation inscription to front free endpaper. Number 396 of 1,290 copies. Lacking dust jacket.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
REFERENCES
Coumont S71.8
d’Arch Smith B10
SYNOPSIS
Daemonolatreiae libri tres is a 1595 work by Nicholas Rémy. It was edited by Montague Summers and translated as Demonolatry in 1929.
Along with the Malleus Maleficarum, it is generally considered one of the most important early works on demons and witches. The book was drawn from the capital trials of roughly 900 persons who were tried and put to death in a fifteen-year span in the Duchy of Lorraine for the crime of witchcraft."
The Daemonolatreiae contains citations from a great many authors, ancient and modern, including Johann Weyer, who is cited as an authority as if there were no differences between his position and that of Rémy. More importantly, however, the book is also based on cases from the archives, but Rémy seems never to have returned the cases that he used, so it is impossible to check his account of any particular case against the original records.
AUTHOR BIO
Translated by Rev Montague Summers.
Ludovico Maria Sinistrari (26 February 1622 – 1701) was an Italian Franciscan priest and author. Born in Ameno, Italy, he studied in Pavia and entered the Franciscan Order in 1647. He taught philosophy and theology to students in Pavia, some of them having been attracted to the area by his fame.
Sinistrari was an advisor to the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition in Rome. He was considered an expert on exorcism and wrote of the effects (during exorcisms) of various plants and other substances[1] including cubeb, cardamom, ginger and nutmeg. He was also considered an expert on demonology,[2] sins relating to sexuality, and all combinations thereof, including investigations of those individuals accused of sexual relations with demons. Allegations along these lines became staples of later Inquisition investigations of those accused of witchcraft.
Not surprisingly, his advice was, at various times, directed against enemies of the Roman Catholic Church, including his references to Martin Luther as a "devil-begotten man".
Augustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 – 10 August 1948) was an English author, clergyman, and teacher. He initially prepared for a career in the Church of England at Oxford and Lichfield, and was ordained as an Anglican deacon in 1908. He then converted to Roman Catholicism and began styling himself as a Catholic priest. He was, however, never affiliated with any Catholic diocese or religious order, and it is doubtful that he was ever actually ordained to the priesthood. He was employed as a teacher of English and Latin while independently pursuing scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century. The latter earned him election to the Royal Society of Literature in 1916. Noted for his eccentric personality and interests, Summers became a well known figure in London society as a result of the publication of his History of Witchcraft and Demonology in 1926. That work was followed by other studies on witchcraft, vampires, and werewolves, in all of which he professed to believe. Summers also produced a modern English translation, published in 1929, of the 15th-century witch hunter's manual, the Malleus Maleficarum. He has been characterized as "arguably the most seminal twentieth century purveyor of pop culture occultism."
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