NAUDE, GABRIEL

Apologie pour tous les grands hommes, qui ont este' accusez de Magie

      Jacques Cotin - Gabriel Naude (1600-1653), who worked as physician for King Louis XII and later was personal librarian to Mazarin (thus assembling one of the finest libraries in Europe at the time), first published APOLOGIE DES GRANDS HOMMES ACCUSEZ DE MAGIE in 1625 in order to defend great personalities such as Pythagoras, Socrates and St. Thomas Aquinas against false accusations that they practiced magic. 8vo (6'' x 3''), xxiv + 502pp. Contemporary French calf; weak at joints, library markings on spine, half-title and title page; also on half-title and title page, ink ownership inscriptions crossed out. [Attributes: Soft Cover]