DEMONOLOGY - LA MENARDAYE (Abbé de) - Examen et... Lot 33

[DEMONOLOGY] - LA MENARDAYE (Abbé de) - Examen et discussion critique de l'histoire des diables de Loudun, de la possession des Religieuses Ursulines et de la condamnation d'Urbain Grandier - Liège; Everard Kintz, 1749 - 1 volume In-12° - 3 leaves formerly restored in the margins, - Binding of the time marbled havana calf (1st bit partially rubbed) - Spine with ornamented nerves (small accident in the upper headband) - Brown morocco title-pieces - Marbled edges - Good copy - Very curious critical treatise on one of the most famous possessions mentioned in the history of witchcraft in France. The affair of the demons of Loudun, also called the affair of the possessed of Loudun, is 1 witch hunt launched by the cardinal of Richelieu in the 1630s, against the catholic priest Urbain Grandier, from the town of Loudun.