Bayer, Johann. Equuleus. Augsburg, 1603 TENNIS 17 1/2 x 26 inches

17 1/2 x 26 inches

In March of 1791

he published his first world atlas

FINE woodcut map of Pakistan

Lampornis Gramineus (Green-throated Mango)

Bayer, Johann. Equuleus. Augsburg, 1603 TENNIS 17 1/2 x 26 inchesJohann Bayer Equuleus 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