Bayer, Johann. Delphinus. Augsburg, 1603. 1849 Heidenreich & Edward H

Heidenreich & Edward H

Seigneur de Varennes (binding)

The Count drew a line on Le Rouge’s map far to the east of the Mississippi

completewith tournament records and valuable sketches of leading players

identified by the flag

Bayer, Johann. Delphinus. Augsburg, 1603. 1849 Heidenreich & Edward HJohann 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