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Dictionnaire Infernal
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Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, in its 1863 illustrated edition from Henri Plon, is a nineteenth century reference work rather than a modern scholarly source. Its strength is that its engravings by Louis Le Breton are the direct origin of almost all the familiar modern images of the Goetic spirits. Its limit is that those images are Le Breton's own nineteenth century French book illustrations, not depictions found in the Lemegeton itself, whose only figures are written seals, and the entry is careful to keep that distinction visible.
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Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a nineteenth century reference work whose illustrations are the direct origin of familiar modern imagery, not a modern scholarly source and not depictions found in the primary text it illustrates. NotesYear given is that of the illustrated edition, whose engravings by Louis Le Breton are the source of almost all the familiar modern images of the Goetic spirits. Those images are nineteenth-century French book illustration and are not found in the Lemegeton, whose only figures are the seals.
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AuthorJacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy
PublisherHenri Plon
Paris, the 1863 sixth and final illustrated edition (Louis Le Breton's engravings) this entry's own year names. Publication Year1863
Source Typereference
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
- Goetic Demons, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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