[Alain Rene] Le Sage - Le Diable Boiteux: or The Devil Upon Two Sticks - Jacob Tonson, 1708, First Edition.

London, Jacob Tonson, 1708. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy and the first English edition. "Translated from the last edition at Paris, with several additions." The dastardly Asmodeus, king of the demons, is freed from his bondage after being trapped within a bottle by an astronomer, after which he takes a trip around Madrid on general demon business, albeit a little more satirically than we're used to today. It was Le Sage's Asmodeus that provided a model for further pesky haunters in the future, including Jacob Marley. Rebacked at some point retaining most of the contemporary leather, and the spine label. Two ownership inscriptions, one on the title page and one on the last leaf. [11872, Hyraxia Books].