De Plancy filled his dictionary with detailed histories of the hierarchy of demons-from lowly pot boilers (Ukobach) to the Seven Princes of Hell, the Demon Regent Asmodeus, Astaroth and Lucifer. Written and compiled by French occultist, demonologist and author Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy, the Dictionnaire Infernal was first published in 1818 to considerable success, and was reprinted several times before its most incarnation in 1863 in an edition that contained 69 illustrations by artist Louis Le Breton.īreton’s illustrations became the main source for nearly all future representations of demons, monsters and fantastical beasts. A few lessons in French maybe required if you want to seriously study the Dictionnaire Infernal ( Infernal Dictionary)-an A-Z on demonology and the occult-though Google translate may offer an easier option to access the histories of such demonic figures as the Azazel, Bael or Zabulon.
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