Devils, Demons, and Witchcraft: 244 Illustrations for Artists

200 Pages·1971·24.415 MB·English

by  Ernst Lehner, Johanna Lehner

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"Knight, Death and Devil." Engraving by Albrecht Diirer, Nuremberg, 1513.
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DOVER SERIES
Picture Book of Devils,
Demons ond Witchcraft
ERNST AND JOHANNA
LEHNER
DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.
NEW YORK
Copyright © 1971 by Dover Publications, Inc.
All rights reserved under Pan American and International
Copyright Conventions.
Published in Canada by General Publishing Company, Ltd.,
30 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario.
Published in the United Kingdom by Constable and Com¬
pany, Ltd., 10 Orange Street, London WC2H 7EC.
Picture Book of Devils, Demons and Witchcraft is a new
work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 1971. The
first three printings appeared under the title Devils, Demons,
Death and Damnation.
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CONTENTS
DEVILS AND DEMONS 1 WITCH-HUNTING 74
CASUS LUCIFERl 25 ARS MORIENDI 84
FAUST AND MEPHISTOPHELES 29 DANSE MACABRE 90
HELL AND DAMNATION 37 MEMENTO MORI 116
THE APOCALYPTIC HORSEMEN 53 RESURRECTION AND RECKONING 146
WITCHES AND WARLOCKS 57 RELIGIO-POLITICAL DEVILRY 152
1. Mors, the Angel of Death. After a miniature in an Anglo-
Saxon manuscript, tenth century.
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