[Occultism] Naudé, G. Apologie Pour Tous Les Grands Personnages

qui ont este faussement soupconnez de Magie. The Hague, A. Vlac, 1653. 2nd ed. (24),615(=649),(22) p. Cont. vellum (sl. worn/ stained), manuscript title and library call no. on spine. 8vo.

Library ex libris upper pastedown. Foxed/ browned. Naudé's famous defense of historical figures accused of practicing "magic" including Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, Merlin, Virgil, Pythagoras and Roger Bacon. The work went through several editions and translations, and distinguishes four kinds of magic: divine, theurgic, goetia (witchcraft) and natural magic.