3058198 Titlepage of Ludicrum Chiromanticum, 1661 (engraving) Frontispiece of the "Thesaurus Chiromantiae" (1661) by German School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ludicrum Chiromanticum by Johannes Praetorius (1630-80) born Hans Schultze, German writer. Johannes de Indagine (1415-75) born Johannes Bremer von Hagen, German Carthusian monk and theologian who wrote the first manual on chiromancy in 1522. Rudolphus Goclenius the Younger (1572-1621) born Rudoph Gockel, German physician and professor, versed in the occult who worked on a magnetic cure to heal wounds. ); German, out of copyright.