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Collin de Plancy followed the tradition of many previous demonologists of cataloguing [[demon]]s by name and title of nobility, as it happened with grimoires like ''[[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum]]'' and ''[[ | Collin de Plancy followed the tradition of many previous demonologists of cataloguing [[demon]]s by name and title of nobility, as it happened with grimoires like ''[[Pseudomonarchia Daemonum]]'' and the ''[[Lesser Key of Solomon]]''. In 1818, his best known work, ''[[Dictionnaire Infernal]]'', was published. In 1863, some images were added that made it famous: imaginative drawings concerning the appearance of certain demons. | ||
By the end of 1830, he ostensibly became an enthusiastic Catholic, much to the confusion of his former admirers and detractors. In 1846, he published a two-volume work entitled ''Dictionnaire Sciences Occultes et des Idées superstitieuses'', another listing of demons. The set cost 16 francs. | By the end of 1830, he ostensibly became an enthusiastic Catholic, much to the confusion of his former admirers and detractors. In 1846, he published a two-volume work entitled ''Dictionnaire Sciences Occultes et des Idées superstitieuses'', another listing of demons. The set cost 16 francs. | ||