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==Textual history== | ==Textual history== | ||
Different editions date the book to 1521, 1522 or 1421, but it was probably written in the early 19th century. Owen Davies suggests 1702 is when the first edition may have been created and a Bibliothèque bleue version of the text may have been published in 1750. | Different editions date the book to 1521, 1522 or 1421, but it was probably written in the early 19th century. Owen Davies suggests 1702 is when the first edition may have been created and a Bibliothèque bleue version of the text may have been published in 1750. Some of the information in this book can also be found in the ''[[Grimoire of Pope Honorius]]'', although since authorship of both books is dubious, it is difficult to determine which was the original. | ||
The 19th century French [[occultist]] [[Éliphas Lévi]] believed the contemporary edition of ''Le Dragon Rouge'' to be counterfeit of the true, older ''Grand Grimoire''. | The 19th century French [[occultist]] [[Éliphas Lévi]] believed the contemporary edition of ''Le Dragon Rouge'' to be counterfeit of the true, older ''Grand Grimoire''. | ||