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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. Translated from the original French, and edited by Edmund Goldsmid

Also known as 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. Translated from the original French, and edited by Edmund Goldsmid

by Des Niau, Edmund Goldsmid & Un témoin

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Limited ed. of 275 small paper and 75 large paper copies Includes facsim. of original title page: La veritable histoire des diables de Loudun, de la possession des religieuses ursulines et de la condamnation d'Urbain Grandier, par Un temoin, Poitiers, J. Thoreau et la veuve Ménier, 1834 Not the same work as Histoire des diables de Loudun (Amsterdam, 1693) of Nicolas Aubin

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession and Occultism and esotericism.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Occultism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Occultism”· via Open Library
    • “Occultism”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Demoniac possession”. Retained metadata contains “possession” in the subtitle, “possession” in the alternative title, “possession” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Demoniac possession”· via Open Library
    • “possession”· in subtitle
    • “possession”· in alternative title
    • “possession”· in description
    • “Demoniac possession”· in subject
    • “possession”· in subject

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the alleged possession of the Ursuline nuns, and the trial and execution of Urbain Grandier, told by an eye-witness. Translated from the original French, and edited by Edmund Goldsmid

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1887Edinburgh, Priv. print.; Priv. print.English—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; medicalheritagelibrary
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL15365395W
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