The cheats and illusions of Romish priests and exorcists. Discover'd in the history of the devils of Loudun: being an account of the pretended possession of the Ursuline nuns, and of the condemnation and punishment of Urban Grandier a parson of the same town

All titles

• The cheats and illusions of Romish priests and exorcists. Discover'd in the history of the devils of Loudun: being an account of the pretended possession of the Ursuline nuns, and of the condemnation and punishment of Urban Grandier a parson of the same town
• Histoire des diables de Loudun. English

People / Organizations

• Nicolas Aubin (Author)
• Richard Basset ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for W. Turner, at the Angel at Lincolns-Inn Back-Gate and R. Bassett, at the Mitre by the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-Street, 1703.

Publication year

1703

ESTC No.

T111685

Grub Street ID

163906

Description

[8],331,[5]p. ; 8°.

Note

Translated from the French original of Nicolas Aubin

Sometimes attributed to M. Des Niau

Reissued in 1710 with a cancel title, and the last three leaves also replaced by a cancel, with imprint 'for Joseph Marshall'.

Uncontrolled note

Apparently first published as 'Histoire' in 1693; appeared as 'Cruels effets de la vengeance du cardinal de Richeliece' in 1716