Le Livre Magique, Histoire des Événements et des Personnages Surnaturels; contenant des détails sur la démonologie, l'astrologie et la chiromancie; sur les lutins, les fantômes, les spectres, le sabbat, les malefices, les talismans, les peines et les supplices de l'Inquisition 

FIRST EDITION, half title, engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, a little minor spotting, bookseller label to front, contemporary calf backed boards, slightly rubbed, 12mo ( 170x 100mm), Paris, Corbet Aine, Libraire, 1835

An incredibly scarce work attributed to the famous French occultist and writer Jacques Collin De Plancy (1793-1887). Le Livre Magique or The Magic Book was an attempt to provide the history of the supernatural, and contains details on legends and paranormal events including tales of witchcraft, goblins and ghosts among others. 

Although he is most famous for his landmark work Dictionnaire Infernal, Collin de Plancy had a prolific writing career, writing over eighty works on divination, magic, alchemy, sorcery and witchcraft. For many of these he used a pseudonym, or like in this work left the authorship anonymous. 

An incredibly scarce work. 

[Caillet 6722; Yve-Plessis 1112; Dorbon 2723]