Scarce. In 2 parts – The History of the Devil Etc.; and Of the Modern History of the Devil
'Containing a state of the Devil's circumstances from his expulsion out of Heaven, to the Creation; with remarks on the several Mistakes concerning his Fall, and his more Private conduct down to the Present Times; his Government, his Appearances, his Manner of Working, and the Tools he works with. ... the true history of this tyrant of the Air, this god of this world, this terror and aversion of mankind, which we call the Devil.'
‘The History of the Devil stands as the only work by Defoe to be placed on the Roman index and was forbidden reading for Catholics until 1966’