Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. Uranometria, : omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa.

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Annotation Publication statement from colophon. Fully-engraved title page. Headpieces; tailpiece; initials. Printer's device on colophon, with slogan: Honos erit huic quoque pomo. "Tabulas in aes incidit Alexander Mair."--Colophon. The main work preceded by three laudatory poems about the author, one in Greek, two in Latin. Includes 48 maps of individual Ptolemaic constellations; the 49th displays twelve new southern constellations; on maps 50 and 51: "Synopsis coeli superioris borea" and "Synopsis coeli inferioris austrina" respectively. Includes the various names of constellations, and a list of stars including Ptolemaic number, Bayer's letter, position within constellation figure, magnitude and astrological association. "Corrigenda": leaf b2 verso. Signatures: a-b² A-V² W² X-2V² 2W² 2X-3C². Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), D. Warner. The sky explored, Dict. Scien. Biogr., Brown, Honeyman, Zinner, DB, 23:295268Y p. 18-19 v.1, p. 530-531 p. 30 246 3951 01987 Translate
Author Bayer, Johannes, Translate
Year Anno Christi M. DCIII. [1603] Translate
Imprint Augustae Vindelicorum : Excudit Christophorus Mangus ... Translate
Place Augsburg Translate
Publisher Mang, Christoph Translate
Size 37 cm (folio) Translate
Location Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht Translate
Call number Utenhove fol 39 Translate
Technique illustrations, maps Translate
Title Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. Uranometria, : omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. Translate
Type Book Translate

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