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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