Title page of Clavius' commentary on the Spheres of Sacrobosco, first
published in 1570. Revised editions appeared in 1581, 1585, 1593, 1607,
and 1611.
The book, along with Clavius's influential commentary
on Euclid's Elements, was regularly reprinted for many decades
after Clavius' death in 1612. The book is basically a presentation
of Ptolemaic astronomy, although in later editions the
Tychonian and
Copernican planetary systems
are also discussed.
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