Demonology -- Early works to 1800
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Bezauberte Welt (3 volumes in German; Leipzig: Weygand, 1781-1782), by Balthasar Bekker, ed. by Joh. Salomo Semler, trans. by Johann Moritz Schwager- Daemonologie (1597), by King James I of England (Gutenberg text and page images)
- Pandaemonium, or, The Devil's Cloyster: Being a Further Blow to Modern Sadduceism, Proving the Existence of Witches and Spirits (London: Printed for J. Walthoe, 1684), by Richard Bovet
- The World Bewitch'd: or, An Examination of the Common Opinions Concerning Spirits, Their Nature, Power, Administration and Operations; As Also the Effects Men Are Able to Produce by Their Communication (only 1 volume published of this translation; London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1695), by Balthasar Bekker (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Malleus Maleficarum (in Latin; Nuremberg: A. Koberger, 1494), by Heinrich Institoris and Jakob Sprenger
- Daemonologie; and Newes From Scotland, ed. by G. B. Harrison, contrib. by King James I of England (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- De la Démonialité et des Animaux Incubes et Succubes (second edition, in Latin and French; Paris: I. Liseux, 1876), by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari, trans. by Isidore Liseux
- Demoniality: or, Incubi and Succubi (Latin and English on alternating pages; Paris: I. Liseux, 1879), by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari, ed. by Isidore Liseux
- Des Satyres, Brutes, Monstres et Demons: De Leur Nature et Adoration, Contre l'Opinion de Ceux Qui Ont Estimé Les Satyres Estre une Espece d'Hommes Distincts et Separez des Adamiques (in French; originally published 1627; this edition Paris: I. Liseux, 1888), by François-Hédelin Aubignac, ed. by Alcide Bonneau
- The Phantom World: The History and Philosophy of Spirits, Apparitions, &c, &c. (2 volumes in 1; Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1850), by Augustin Calmet, ed. by Henry Christmas (Gutenberg text)
- De la Démonomanie des Sorciers (in French; Paris: J. du Puys, 1587), by Jean Bodin
- The Discovery of Witchcraft: Proving, That the Compacts and Contracts of Witches With Devils and All Infernal Spirits or Familiars, Are But Erroneous Novelties and Imaginary Conceptions (London: Printed for A. Clark, 1665), by Reginald Scot
- Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft (London: Printed by R. C. and are to be sold by Giles Cavert, 1651), by Reginald Scot (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Der Hexenhammer (German translation of Malleus Maleficarum; 3 volumes; Berlin: H. Barsdorf, 1906), by Heinrich Institoris and Jakob Sprenger, trans. by Richard Schmidt
- Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians (Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham for the translator, 1821), by Iamblichus, trans. by Thomas Taylor, contrib. by Porphyry (page images at HathiTrust)
- Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians (second edition; London: B. Dobell, and Reeves and Turner, 1895), by Iamblichus, trans. by Thomas Taylor, contrib. by Porphyry (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The History of the Devil, As Well Ancient as Modern (second edition; London: Printed for T. Warner, 1727), by Daniel Defoe (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The History of the Devil (sixth edition; Philadelphia: Leary, Getz and Co, 1854), by Daniel Defoe (multiple formats at Google)
- A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures to With-Draw the Harts of Her Majesties Subjects From Their Allegeance, and From the Truth of Christian Religion Professed In England, Under the Pretence of Casting Out Devils (London: J. Roberts, 1603), by Samuel Harsnett (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Demonology- Demonology and Devil-Lore (2 volumes in 1; New York: H. Holt and Co., 1879), by Moncure Daniel Conway (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Doktor Johannes Faust's Magia Naturalis et Innaturalis, oder, Driefacher Höllenzwang, Letztes Testament und Siegelkunst (attributed to Faust, but authorship uncertain; in German; Stuttgart: J. Scheible, 1849), ed. by J. Scheible, contrib. by Faust
- Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, by Walter Scott (HTML at Virginia)
- Opera Omnia (in Latin; Amsterdam: P. van den Berge, 1660), by Johann Weyer (page images at HathiTrust)
- War on the Saints, by Jessie Penn-Lewis and Evan Roberts (HTML with commentary at acts1711.com)
- The History of Witchcraft and Demonology (London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co.; New York: A. A. Knopf, 1926), by Montague Summers
- The Book of Ceremonial Magic (second edition, 1913), by Arthur Edward Waite (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- Irish Witchcraft and Demonology (Baltimore: Norman, Remington, 1913), by St. John D. Seymour (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- "Magic": Black and White; Charms and Counter Charms; Divination and Demonology among the Hindus, Hebrews, Arabs and Egyptians (Chicago: De Laurence, Scott and co., 1910), by T. Witton Davies, ed. by L. W. De Laurence
- 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 (Collectanea Adamantaea #21, 3 volumes in 1; Edinburgh: Privately printed, 1887-1888), by Des Niau, ed. by Edmund Goldsmid
- Dictionnaire Infernal: ou, Recherches et Anecdotes (2 volumes in 1, in French; Paris: P. Mongie Ainé, 1818), by J.-A.-S. Collin de Plancy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Dictionnaire Infernal: Répertoire Universel (in French; Paris: H. Plon, 1863), by J.-A.-S. Collin de Plancy, illust. by Louis LeBreton (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Strange Newes, Out of Hartford-Shire and Kent (claimed original publication is London: Printed for R. G., 1679; this copy apparently printed later) (multiple formats at Google)
- Witchcraft in Ancient India (extracted from The Indian Antiquary, March 1899), by M. Winternitz
- Japanese Demon Lore: Oni From Ancient Times to the Present (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2010), by Noriko T. Reider (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)
- The Materiality of Magic (Paderborn: W. Fink, c2015), ed. by Dietrich Boschung and Jan N. Bremmer (PDF with commentary in Germany)
- The Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal Gems (second and revised edition; London: William Rider and Son, 1922), by William Thomas Pavitt and Kate Pavitt (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- Doktor Johannes Faust's Magia Naturalis et Innaturalis, oder, Driefacher Höllenzwang, Letztes Testament und Siegelkunst (attributed to Faust, but authorship uncertain; in German; Stuttgart: J. Scheible, 1849), ed. by J. Scheible, contrib. by Faust
- The Evil Eye: An Account of this Ancient and Widespread Superstition (London: J. Murray, 1895), by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- Danmarks Trylleformler (2 volumes in Danish; Copenhagen and Oslo: Gyldendal, Nordisk Forlag, 1917-1921), by F. Ohrt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Begone Satan! (1935), by Carl Vogl, trans. by Celestine Kapsner (HTML at EWTN)
- Strange Newes, Out of Hartford-Shire and Kent (claimed original publication is London: Printed for R. G., 1679; this copy apparently printed later) (multiple formats at Google)
- Elizabethan Demonology: An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers Possessed By Them, As It Was Generally Held During the Period of the Reformation, and the Times Immediately Succeeding; With Special Reference to Shakspere and His Works (1880), by Thomas Alfred Spalding (Gutenberg text)
- The Autobiography of Satan (London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1872), by J. R. Beard (pahe images at HathiTrust)
- Die Synagoge des Satan: Ihre Entstehung, Einrichtung und Jetzige Bedeutung (in German; Berlin: F. Fontane und Co., ca. 1897), by Stanisław Przybyszewski (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Few Words About the Devil, by Charles Bradlaugh (HTML at infidels.org)
- The Foot-Prints of Satan: or, The Devil in History (The Counterpart of "God in History") (New York: E. B. Treat, et al., 1872), by Hollis Read (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Foot-Prints of Satan: or, The Devil in History (The Counterpart of "God in History") (New York: E. B. Treat, et al., 1873), by Hollis Read (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Le Diable au XIXe Siècle: ou, Les Mystères du Spiritisme, la Franc-Maçonnerie Luciférienne (in French; Paris and Lyon: Delhomme et Briguet, issued in fascicles 1892-1894), by Léo Taxil (page images at HathiTrust)
- Le Diable Peint par Lui-Même: ou, Galerie de Petits Romans, de Contes Bizarres, d'Anecdotes Prodigieuses (in French: P. Mongie Ainé, 1819), ed. by J.-A.-S. Collin de Plancy (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Few Words About the Devil, and Other Biographical Sketches and Essays (New York: A. K. Butts and Co., 1874), by Charles Bradlaugh
- How to Resist the Devil, by F. J. Perryman (HTML at timelesstruths.org)
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