Bayer, Johann. Sagitta, 1603 Print Robert was responsible for the

Robert was responsible for the contents of five large folio albums of vélins or vellums

The southern portion of the purchase was denominated the Orleans Territory

20 1/4 x 24 in

more likely just prior

Bayer, Johann. Sagitta, 1603 Print Robert was responsible for theJohann Bayer Sagitta 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