LES GRANDS JOURS DE LA SORCELLERIE [THE GREAT DAYS OF WITCHCRAFT]
Book Details + Condition: Librairie C. Klincksieck (Paris). Extremely scarce First Edition, 1890. By Jules Baissac. Written in the original French language. Book has been professionally rebound in gray cloth boards, with the original cover attached to the front. 735 pages. Very little is known about French author and historian Baissac (1827-1898), whose other works include “Les Femmes Dans les Temps Anciens” (Women in Ancient Times); “Les Femmes Dans les Temps Modernes” (Women in Modern Times); “Les Origines de la Religion” (The Origins of Religion); “De l'Origine des Dénominations Ethniques dans la Race Aryane - Étude de Philologie et de Mythologie Comparées” (On the Origin of Ethnic Names in the Aryan Race - Study of Comparative Philology and Mythology); “L’Age de Dieu” (The Age of God); “Le Diable” (The Devil); “Eternité et Immortalité, La Vie Après la Mort” (Eternity and Immortality, Life After Death), among others. LES GRANDS JOURS DE LA SORCELLERIE is shrouded in mystery, but has long been considered one of the best of the French histories on the subject of witchcraft, with many noted occult authors and historians often referencing it. Chapters include:
- La Sorcellerie au XV Siecle (Witchcraft in the 15th Century)
- La Bulle "Summis Desiderantes" et Ses Consequences (The Bull of Summis Desiderantes and Its Consequences)
- Les Sorcières du Tyrol (Witches of Tyrol)
- La Sorcellerie dans la Haute-Italie (Witchcraft in Northern Italy)
- La Sorcellerie dans le Nord de l'Espagne (Witchcraft in Northern Spain)
- Le Sabbat (The Sabat)
- Le Proces / Influence du Droit Canonique / L'Inquisition Substituée a l'Accusation / La Torture (Trial / Influence of Canon Law / Accusation / Torture)
- Sorcellerie et Heresie (Witchcraft and Heresy)
- La Sorcellerie en Ecosse (Witchcraft in Scotland)
- La Sorcellerie en Angleterre (Witchcraft in England)
- Les Sorcières du Lancashire (The Lancashire Witches)
- Le Puritanisme et la Sorcellerie (Puritanism and Witchcraft)
- La Sorcellerie en France (Witchcraft in France)
- Les Sorcières du Vivarais (The Witches of Vivarais)
- Le Lycanthrope Angevin (The Angevin Werewolf)
- Affaire de Lycanthrope a Bordeaux (The Bordeaux Werewolf)
- Le Proces de Gauffridi (The Trial of Gauffridi)
- Les Brigittines de Lille (The Brigittines of Lille)
- Les Ursulines de Loudun (The Ursuline Nuns of Loudun)
- Proces et Supplice d'Urbain Grandier (Trial and Torture of Urbain Grandier)
- Suites de la Mort de Grandier (Aftermath of the Death of Grandier)
- Les Possedees de Louviers (The Possessed of Louviers)
- Les Derniers Proces de Sorcellerie en France (The Last Witchcraft Trials in France)
- La Sorcellerie en Allemagne (Witchcraft in Germany)
- La Tour des Sorcières de Lindheim (The Witches' Tower of Lindheim)
- La Sorcière de Wehlitz (The Witch of Wehlitz)
- Maria Renata Saeger / Les Derniers Proces de Sorcellerie en Allemagne (The Last Witchcraft Trial in Germany)
- And more.
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. An exceptionally rare first edition copy (no others can be found), in very good condition, with firm binding; Parker's bookplate to inside front board; normal age toning to pages; upper corners of last 12 pages is cut (which does not affect the text); interior is clean and free of markings.
