Apology for All the Great Men Accused of Magic

DEDICATION.

slanders that popular error attaches to their reputation. And as for my own part, I shall consider myself only too happy if you do me the honor of receiving this book from the hand of one whom your rare virtues oblige to be forever,

Gabriel Naudé (1600–1653) was a prominent French scholar and librarian who wrote this "Apology for all the Great Personages who have been Falsely Suspected of Magic."