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The History of The Devils of Loudun: or, an Account of The Possession of The Ursuline Nuns, and The Condemnation and Punishment of Urban Grandier, a Parson of The Same Town

and the condemnation and punishment of Urban Grandier, a parson of the same town : in three books

Also known as The history of the devils of Loudun, or, an account of the possession of the Ursuline nuns

by Aubin, approximately 1655-|* Aubin, approximately 1655- Aubin & Mr Boyer

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Translation of Aubin's Histoire des diables de Loudun Final five pages contain publisher's advertisement Signatures: A⁴ B-Y⁸ NLM copy, imperfect: title page mutilated, with loss of most of title; the title supplied from caption of Book I differs from the fragment. No perfect copy located Blake, J. NLM 18th cent. ESTC NLM copy, Library holds rebound volume and original covers removed for rebinding Condition reviewed digitized

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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 Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and online-books-page matched “Witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata.

    • Witchcraft· via Internet Archive
    • Witchcraft· via The Online Books Page
    • Witchcraft· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page matched “Demoniac possession”. Retained metadata contains “possession” in the title, “possession” in the alternative title, “Demoniac possession” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • Demoniac possession· via The Online Books Page
    • possession· in title
    • possession· in alternative title
    • Demoniac possession· in subject
    • possession· in subject
    • possession· in edition title

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and the condemnation and punishment of Urban Grandier, a parson of the same town : in three books

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

3 books in 1, with main title page damaged; London: Printed for R. Bassett and W. Turner, 1705

1705EnglishPublic digitized item

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Identifiers

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  • olbp72294

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Digitization sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • 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; usnationallibraryofmedicine
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BF1517 .F5 D45
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: 3 books in 1, with main title page damaged; London: Printed for R. Bassett and W. Turner, 1705
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