[THE MAY 19, 1928 SOLAR ECLIPSE] Takvim-i Zamân [Three yearbooks of 1913, 1922, 1928]: 1 Ramazan 1347, 9 Shevvâl 1347 (1928) - 12 Rebiü'l-ahir 1331 - 27 Rebiü'l-ahir 1332 (1913) - 1 Cumade'l-ûlâ 1340 - 15 Receb 1341 (1922)

ABDÜLMUIN (Dolmabahçe ve Sinan Pasa Cami-i Serifleri Muvakkiti). Emniyet Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1913-1922-1928. Original pink and orange illustrated wrappers with a globe and crescent. Various sizes with miniscule differences: 12mo. (12 x 9 cm, 11 x 8 cm, 10 x 7 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 3 books: (64 p., 64 p., 64 p.), ills. Occasional foxing and fading on covers. Overall, very good copies.   Lithographed editions. First and only editions of these three yearbooks together including Hijri and Gregorian calculations, days, seasonal weather forecasts, important storms, times for prayer (namaz), the phases of the Moon, and solar and lunar eclipses prepared for public use in the periods of WW1 and the Occupation of Constantinople. The last yearbook has a lithographed illustration of the total solar eclipse that occurred on May 19, 1928, when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.