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[TAXIL, Leo] The Devil in the 19th Century (Deluxe edition in slipcase)
[TAXIL, Leo] The Devil in the 19th Century (Deluxe edition in slipcase)
Translated and introduced by Aurelie Dekoninck
First English Language Edition. Palladium Edition, First Printing, Limited to 200 copies. Signed by the translator. Printed on Mohawk Superfine 118gsm. Sewn binding with decorative head & tail bands and ribbon marker. Quarter-bound in cloth, foil stamping on spine. Comes in a cloth-bound presentation slipcase embossed with the Sigil of Lucifer. Illustrated throughout in b&w. A fine copy in like slipcase.
130 years ago a French journalist convinced the Vatican that a secret Luciferian cult, hidden at the heart of Freemasonry, was plotting the birth of the Antichrist and the destruction of the Catholic Church. These dastardly Masons took their marching orders from Satan himself—who appeared in the flesh to his Antipope Albert Pike, every Friday at three o’clock in the afternoon, in Charleston South Carolina. This journalist’s name was Léo Taxil. It was the hoax of the century.
Secretly written by Taxil, Le Diable au XIXème Siècle is the purported witness account of the mysterious “Doctor Bataille.” Part travel journal and part investigative report, filled with satanic schemes and a rich cast of shady characters, it is a thrilling, lurid, and sensationalist read. There has never been an English translation… until now.