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Title | Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. Uranometria, : omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. | Translate |
Author | Bayer, Johannes, | Translate |
Type | Book | Translate |
Imprint | Augustae Vindelicorum : Excudit Christophorus Mangus ... | Translate |
Place | Augsburg | Translate |
Publisher | Mang, Christoph | Translate |
Year | Anno Christi M. DCIII. [1603] | Translate |
Technique | illustrations, maps | Translate |
Size | 37 cm (folio) | Translate |
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 |
Location | Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht | Translate |
Call number | Utenhove fol 39 | Translate |
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