THE HISTORY OF MAGICK By way of APOLOGY, For all the Wise Men who have unjustly been reputed Magicians, from the Creation, to the present Age. by NAUDE, Gabriel.: - 1657

London, printed for John Streater, and are to be sold by the Book-sellers of London, 1657.. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION 1657. Written in French by G. Naudaeus, Late Library-Keeper to Cardinal Mazarin, Englished by J. Davies. Small 8vo, approximately 165 x 100 mm, 6½ x 4 inches, pages: [16], 1-306, plus 2 pages of adverts, old sheep covers, with later plain spine, no title label. Binding lightly rubbed, small crack to lower hinge, pale browning to title page, inner paper hinges cracked, top margins slightly browned and trimmed, without loss of text, last 2 leaves with pale stain, small repair to lower margin of last page, nowhere near text, shallow crinkling to all pages, occasional small pale stain and age-browning, pale browning to pastedowns and endpapers, a few tips of corners missing and a few pages have edges untrimmed, otherwise a good copy. See: Toole Stott, A Bibliography of English Conjuring, page 168, No. 498; Trevor Hall, A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English, page 33, No, 85; Sotheby's J.B. Findlay Collection, Books on Conjuring, Part 1, page 95, No. 480; Harry Price Short-Title Catalogue to Psychical Research, Volume 1, page 289; Albert Caillet, Sciences Psychiques ou Occultes, Volume 3, page 166, No.7922 listing a French edition; George Thomason, Catalogue of the Pamphlets, Books Relating to the Civil War 1640-1661, Volume 2, page 187, [July 3.] E. 1609; ESTC R202977. Quote from Toole Stott " The rare and only edition in English of Naude's celebrated work. It is an attack upon belief in witchcraft and sorcery as was Scot's". MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.