GOUGENOT DES MOUSSEAUX, Chevalier Henri-Roger - Lot 55

GOUGENOT DES MOUSSEAUX, Chevalier Henri-Roger Mœurs et pratiques des Démons ou des esprits visiteurs du spiritisme ancien et moderne (Manners and practices of demons or visiting spirits in ancient and modern spiritism) Paris, Plon, 1865, in-8, glazed half calf, smooth spine, IV- XL, 436 pp. Frequent foxing. Second edition revised and considerably enlarged. Caillet 4660: "Ouvrage très documenté. Ce que sont les démons. Pagan antiquity. Forms in which demons appear. Description of demonic devices. History of spiritual and demonic manifestations. Possessions. Obsessions. Evocations. Mediums. Magic. Miracles. The devil's sacraments. Magnetic or oracular tables. Philosophy of spiritualism, etc." Dorbon 1912.