Bayer, Johann. Synopsis Coeli Superioris. Augsburg, 1603. KOP Furniture du La Champlain et de
Baker’s notes & crumb story
Description
du La Champlain et de Chouaquin" in manuscript on verso
On his way to Michilimackinac (Michigan) he visited Fort Chambly
Papered horizon slightly bubbled
32 1/2" x 22"
Field 268 (Silvestreimprint)
Bayer, Johann. Synopsis Coeli Superioris. Augsburg, 1603. KOP Furniture du La Champlain et deJohann Bayer Synopsis Coeli Superioris From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 13 5 8" 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