The Red Dragon: The Grimoire Feared Across Europe
Le Dragon rouge, closely related to the French Grand Grimoire tradition, promised command over spirits, conversation with the dead, material gain, and hidden treasure. Its title pages and internal authorities suggested a remote and dangerous inheritance. The surviving record is less settled: identifiable copies reveal a changing family of inexpensive French printed books, disputed dates, added material, and uncertain authorship.
This episode follows the Red Dragon through a documented 1818 encounter in Nancy, a related Grand Grimoire held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France, contested…
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