NAUDE, Gabriel (1600 – 53). 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. London: Printed for John Streater, 1657. Original full calf, front panel with crude corner repair, rear all but detached. 306pp., followed by one leaf of adverts. 8vo. Binding quite rough, tiny wormholes not generally affecting text. Good. Toole Stott 498. Wing N246. According to Toole Stott, this is the “rare and only edition in English" of Naude's book. “It is an attack upon belief in witchcraft and sorcery as was Scot's [book]."