Bayer, Johann. Delphinus. Augsburg, 1603. 10_12_2023 approx: 24 x 18 in
Baker’s notes & crumb story
Description
approx: 24 x 18 in
From volume III of the folio edition of Les Liliacées
One of the greatest ornithological artists of his era
The right panel
Bayer, Johann. Delphinus. Augsburg, 1603. 10_12_2023 approx: 24 x 18 inJohann Bayer Delphinus From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 13 1 4" x 18 1 2" Bayer was the first accurate star atlas. A lawyer and amateur astronomer, he was the first to signify the location of the stars within a given constellation by the use of Greek letters (with the addition of the Latin alphabet for constellations with more than 24 stars). This strikingly simple innovation greatly improved the identification