Cultes des Ghoules

By Comte D'Erlette. A volume of occult lore, referred to variously as "terrible" or "ghastly." The nightmare arcana of Cultes des Ghoules are not conducive to a healthy state of mind [RB Demon].

History

There were at least two published editions, of which at least one was expurgated. Henricus Vanning had a copy of the original edition, with the covers protected by thin strips of glass [RB Sebek]; whereas the Grinning Ghoul narrator consulted the expurgated edition [RB Grinning].

According to the spurious catalog created by the forger Alastair White, an edition was published in 1737 at Rouen [AWD Six].

Libraries

The Miskatonic University library has a copy, which cannot be checked out [AWD Lurker]. There may be a copy at the University of Lima, as a transcript was loaned to Claiborne Boyd by Prof. Vibarro Andros of that University [AWD Gorge].

Private Copies and Readers

Robert Blake searched fruitlessly for a copy in bookstores [RB Shambler (online text)]. Later, he evidently found a copy somewhere. By the time Blake found a copy at the abandoned church of the Starry Wisdom sect, he had already read the book himself [HPL Haunter (online text)].

Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee consulted a library copy while possessed by a mind of the Great Race, and wrote notes in the margin [HPL Time (online text)]. A copy was consulted by Amos Piper while he was similarly possessed by a Great Race mind [AWD Space].

James Allington had a copy in his study [RB Suicide (online text)].

Alijah Atwood found one among Dr. Jean-Francois Charriere's books and papers [AWD Survivor (online text)].

Ambrose Dewart found a copy at Billington House [AWD Lurker].

The Gable Window narrator found a copy in Wilbur Akeley's collection [AWD Gable (online text)].

Dan Harrop found a copy in the collection of his late cousin, Abel Harrop [AWD Whippoorwills]

Marius Phillips found a copy that had been hidden by his late uncle, Sylvan Phillips [AWD Seal (online text)].

Laban Shrewsbury also spoke to Andrew Phelan and Nayland Colum of Cultes des Ghoules [AWD Curwen; Keeper]. Shrewsbury told Horvath Blayne that the book is one of the sources of the Cthulhu Mythos [AWD Island].

Amos Tuttle had a copy [AWD Hastur].

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