Bayer, Johann. Triangulum, 1603 bibliophilic-essay-11 and were printed using the

and were printed using the finest engraving techniques available

in Germania

Ceres and Cupid honoring the Bust of Linnaeus

The map is famous and sought after however for its decoration

in the mid-XIIIc

Bayer, Johann. Triangulum, 1603 bibliophilic-essay-11 and were printed using theJohann Bayer Triangulum From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" x 17" 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