Parma. Supposedly translated by the narrator. Eugène Sue, The Mysteries of Paris. Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace. Jacobus de Voragine, Golden Legend Edition by Nicolas Kesler, Basle 1493. Vulgata Clementina. Michel Zevaco, The Pardellanes. Fictional books Occultist works published by the fictional historical author Aristide Torchia in Venice: De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis, Venice, 1666. translated as The Nine Doors [or Gates] to the Kingdom of Shadows. While itself fictional, many aspects of The Nine Doors appear to be heavily inspired by the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili of Colonna (1499). Key to Captive Thoughts, 1653. A Curious Explanation of Mysteries and Hieroglyphs. The Three Books of the Art, 1658. Nicholas Tamisso, The Secrets of Wisdom, 1650. Bernard Trevisan, The Lost Word, 1661. A fictional edition of an actual 14th century alchemy treatise. Other occultist writings in novel The Club Dumas: Asclemandres. A book mentioning the existence of the Delomalanicon Delomelanicon, or Invocation of Darkness. A long-destroyed book containing a formula for summoning the Devil, supposedly written by Lucifer himself. De origine, moribus et rebus gestis Satanae. Dissertazioni sopra le apparizioni de' spiriti e diavoli. Destructor omnium rerum. Theatrum Diabolicum. De Magna Imperfectaque. Books written by the character Baroness Ungern (inspired by Helena Blavatsky): Isis, the Naked Virgin. (refer to Isis unveiled by Helena Blavatsky) The Devil, History and Legend. Books by Boris Balkan: Lupin, Raffles, Rocambole, and Holmes. Dumas: the Shadow of a Giant. Crozet, Encyclopedia of Printers and Rare and Curious Books Mateu, Universal Bibliography. A 1929 rare book guide used by Corso and his rivals. Julio Ollero, Dictionary of Rare and Improbable Books. Books by Enrique Taillefer: The Thousand Best Desserts of La Mancha. A cooking book. The Secrets of Barbecue. A cooking book. The Dead Man's Hand, or Anne of Austria's Page. Taillefer's unpublished novel, cribbed largely from Angeline de Gravaillac. Amaury de Verona, Angeline de Gravaillac, or Unsullied Virtue, published in the 19th century in The Popular Illustrated Novel. Books by an unnamed Nobel-prize-winning author: I, Onan In Search of Myself Oui, C'est Moi. Book by Don Jaime Astarloa, (hero of Perez-Reverte's novel The Fencing Master): Treatise on the Art of Fencing. Aristide Torchia Aristide Torchia, a fictional historical author from the novel, has been referred to in other media including The Ninth Gate (a film based on the novel), and video game Max Payne. The fictional character Torchia was born in 1620. He was apprenticed in Leyden