The Political History of the Devil, as well Ancient as Modern, in Two Parts. Part I: containing a State of the Devil's Circumstances and Various Turns of his Affairs ... Part II: containing his More Private Conduct, down to the Present Times ...
London, Printed for T. Warner, 1726 [first edition]. The first edition of this work on the supernatural published anonymously by Daniel Defoe (circa 1660-1731), better known as a novelist, satirist and journalist. 'Defoe, a Protestant Dissenter, believed in the devil as a physical being at work in the world. "The..... More