1682 ASTRONOMY ECLIPSES antique Tenebrae Summatim Illustratae Doctrina Eclipsium

Johannes Hancke (1644-1713)

Tenebrae Summatim Illustratae sive Doctrina Eclipsium.

Mainz: Excudebat Christophorus Kuchler; 1682


First edition

woodcut text illustrations;
period ownership inscriptions of a 17th century college on title and first leaf of dedication;

in old paper-covered boards, stained and worn, missing a spine panel, some toning

rare, no copies in RBH, 2 U.S. libraries with holdings in Worldcat


In this work, Hancke, a German-born Jesuit mathematician, writes about eclipses.
 Hancke compiled this slender volume to aid those who wanted only the tables and essential data needed to calculate eclipses using the earlier work of Riccioli, Tacquet, Landsberge, and others.


 Size: 6 1/4 by 7 3/4 inches

Text in Latin
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