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This is the first reprinting since the eighteenth century--and the first scholarly edition--of Tobias Smollett s translation of The Devil upon Crutches. First published in France in 1707 as Le Diable boiteux, Alain Rene Le Sage s novel relates the picaresque wanderings of Asmodeus, a refined, likable but decrepit devil, and Zambullo, his newfound mortal companion.

After Zambullo releases Asmodeus from a bottle, the two embark on a flight above the rooftops of Madrid. Peeking into houses, prisons, palaces, and even tombs, Zambullo witnesses one incident of treachery and...