Occult & Esoterica
[REMY, Nicolas] Demonolatry (1930, bound in full Morocco)
[REMY, Nicolas] Demonolatry (1930, bound in full Morocco)
Full title: Demonolatry. Drawn from the Capital Trials of 900 Persons, more or less, Who Within the Last Fifteen Years have in Lorraine paid the Penalty of Death for the Crime of Witchcraft
Translated by E.A. Ashwin; Edited with Introduction and Notes by the Rev. Montague Summers
London: John Rodker, 1930. First English Language Edition. Printed by Richard Clay & Sons Ltd, Bungay Suffolk. Hardcover. Quarto (7 ½ x 10 inches). xliii + 188 pp. Limited edition of 1275 copies, this copy being unnumbered. Beautifully bound in full crimson morocco (by Trevor Hickman), with small decorations in gilt to corners of front and back panels. Spine with 5 raised bands, titled in gilt. Marbled endpapers, with top and bottom silk headbands. Housed in a dark red cloth covered slipcase. A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.
This is Remy's most famous work which was originally written in Latin and first published in Lyon in 1595. It is considered one of the most important early works on demons and witches. The book was reprinted several times, translated into German, and eventually replaced the Malleus Maleficarum as the most recognized handbook of witch-hunters in parts of Europe. According to Remy, the Devil could appear before people in the shape of a black cat or man, and liked Black Masses. he also believed that demons could also have sexual relationships with women.