Bayer's Uranometria 1661

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QB 65 .B32 1661 R.B. (RARE BOOK)

Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. Vranometria : omnivm asterismorvm continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa

Bayer, Johannes.

Vlmae : Svmptibvs Iohannis Görlini, 1661.
[102] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Other authors: Mair, Alexander, b. ca. 1559, engraver.

Other titles: Vranometria / Uranometria

Notes: 1. Engravings by Alexander Mair. 2. Illustrated engraved t.p. in architectural border. 3. Ms. pencil identification of constellations on recto of most plates. 4. Half vellum binding, marbled paper boards, gilt stamped leather spine label. 5. Bookseller's ticket on front paste-down: B. Westermann & Co., New York ... 6. Rare book. 7. Place: Germany -- Ulm. - Date cataloged: June 13, 1994.

1. Stars -- Atlases -- Early works to 1800 2. Stars -- Magnitudes -- Early works to 1800 3. Constellations -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800

OCLC 18671234