Bayer, Johann. Delphinus. Augsburg, 1603. 1849 who held the position of

who held the position of colonial Surveyor General of Pennsylvania

Published by Oxford University Press

[cartouche at top right] Cum Priuilegio

Seigneur de Varennes (binding)

identified by the flag

Bayer, Johann. Delphinus. Augsburg, 1603. 1849 who held the position ofJohann Bayer Delphinus From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 13 1 4" x 18 1 2" 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 identification