"An indispensable translation of the Satanic hoax to end all hoaxes, in English for the first time." – Dr Per Faxneld, author of Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator in Nineteenth-Century Culture
"A labour of love from the skillful hands of Mlle Dekoninck that will finally give English readers access to one of the most bizarre works of the nineteenth century." – Dr Ruben van Luijk, author of Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism
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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.
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THE DEVIL IN THE 19TH CENTURY - THE PALLADIUM EDITION (2024)
Signed First Edition, First Printing limited to 200 hand-numbered copies
Translated and introduced by Aurélie Dekoninck. Includes digitally remastered illustrations from the original pamphlets.
Le Diable au XIXe Siècle, secretly written by Léo Taxil & Charles Hacks, was first published in Paris in 1894 by Delhomme et Briguet.
Format: 234 x 156mm. 504 pages.
Printed on Mohawk Superfine 118gsm. Sewn binding with decorative head & tail bands and ribbon marker. Quarter-bound in cloth, foil stamping on spine.
Comes with a cloth-bound presentation slipcase embossed with the Sigil of Lucifer.
