Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I. C. Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa

Bayer, Johann

Verlag: Johann Görlin, Ulm, 1661

Beschreibung

Third edition. [Ulm: Johann Görlin, 1661.] Pot folio (12 13/16" x 8 7/8", 325mm x 223mm): with an engraved title-page and 51 double-page engraved celestial charts. Manuscript list of contents to the recto of the rear free end-paper. Bound in contemporary laced vellum. On the spine, title in ink manuscript. Soiling to the boards, with a large stain to the rear board that affects plates 42-end (10 double-page images plus three blanks, the last with a manuscript list of contents). Repairs to the verso of no. 1. Marginal loss to the plate of Boötes (no. 5), not touching the plate-mark. Mounting-tears to nos. 21, 30 and 31. Closed tear to no. 48, just touching the scale. Bibliographic notes in ink in an early hand to the front paste-down. Armorial bookplate of Pierre Bulteau de Préville, engraved by Giffart, to the front paste-down. Numerations, captions and occasional notes (in French) to the upper margin of each plate. Manuscript table of contents to the recto of the rear free end-paper. Johann Bayer (1572-1625), though untrained, has a vital legacy in astronomy: he developed the practice of referring to individual stars within a constellation by Greek letters, such as Alpha Centauri. Like the taxonomic regularization of Linnaeus, the Bayer designation created a common framework for academic and intellectual discussion of the sky. His Uranometria (measurement of the heavens) is the first accurate depiction of all 48 Ptolemaic constellations, using the observations of Tycho Brahe. The plates, engraved by Alexander Mair (ca. 1562-1617), were initially made for the first edition of the work (1603) and reprinted without changes for the second (1639, with a very rare text supplement 1640) and the present third (only the title-page being changed). The work ranks with Cellarius's Harmonia Macrocosmica (published 1660, and reprinted the same year as the present work) as the most important in the pre-telescope era of astronomy. Pierre Bulteau de Préville (d. ca. 1727) comes from a family of Norman magistrates. His library was sold at auction 15 September 1727.Purchased at Swann New York, 11 April 2024, lot 39($16,250).Norman 142. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers JLR0651

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I. C. Uranometria, ...

Verlag: Johann Görlin, Ulm

Erscheinungsdatum: 1661

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very good

Auflage: Third.