[BRUSLÉ DE MONTPLEINCHAMP (Jean-Chrysostôme)]. The Hunchbacked Devil. In Nancy [Brussels], Published by Dominique Gaydon, Printer & Bookseller, 1708. Small 12mo, ivory vellum (contemporary binding). XVI + [VIII] + 274 pp. FIRST EDITION of this novel by Jean-Chrysostôme Bruslé de Montpleinchamp (1641–1724), a prolific writer from Namur. An engraved frontispiece. A corner is missing from folio E1, with a small loss of text and restoration. “An absurd novel full of visions, apparitions, and demons armed with large sabers, cutting people to pieces. ” (National Biography of Belgium, III, 72); Barbier, I, 939 (which lists the publisher as “J. de Smedt”).