Uranometria by Bayer (7 results)

Folio (344 x 243 mm). Engraved title, 3 leaves preliminary text, 51 double-page engraved star maps by Alexander Mair, on guards throughout, letterpress descriptive text printed on rectos/versos of the maps, printer's woodcut device on colophon page, woodcut headpieces, initials and tailpiece. (Engraved title darkened and backed in heavy paper repairing long tear, dedication leaf with repaired tear affecting headpiece and a few letters on verso and with upper and lower margins strengthened, worming at gutters slightly affecting maps 20 and 24, small light crease to map 42, faint dampstain to upper fore-corners). 18th-century vellum over pasteboard, title lettered on spine. Provenance: Augsburg, Benedictines of Sts. Ulrich and Afra (contemporary inscription on title, 18th-century engraved bookplate); Augsburg Stadtsbibliothek (19th-century inkstamp on title, later withdrawal stamp on verso); Haskell F. Norman (his sale, Christie's New York, 15 June 1998 lot 278); Edward Tufte (book labels). First edition. Earlier star catalogues followed Ptolemy's Almagest in using verbal descriptions to describe the location of stars within the 48 northern constellations of classical astronomy, an awkward system that occasioned constant errors and misapprehensions. Bayer, a lawyer and amateur astronomer, was the first to identify the location of stars within a constellation by the use of Greek letters (with the addition of the Latin alphabet for constellations with more than 24 stars). This simple innovation greatly facilitated the identification of stars with the naked eye, just five or six years before the invention of the telescope, and Bayer's stellar nomenclature is still in use today. Bayer used Brahe's recent observations for the northern sky, and included, in chart 49, twelve new southern constellations observed by the Dutch navigator Pieter Dirckzoon Keyzer and reported by Pedro de Medina. To simplify identification of the stars Bayer included in his typographic descriptions both the traditional star numerations within each constellation and the many names for the constellations employed since Ptolemy. The graceful figures of Mair's charts were based on those of Jacobo de Gheyn in Grotius' edition of the Syntagma arateorum (1600). Deborah Warner, The sky explored: celestial cartography 1500-1800, pp. 18-19; Norman 142; Zinner 3951. [With:] BAYER. Explicatio characterum aeneis Uranometrias imaginum, tabulis insculptorum, addita, & commodiore hac forma tertium redintegreta. Augsburg: Johann Praetorius for Johann Gerlin, 1654. 4to (192 x 146 mm). Publisher's engraved device on title. (Final blank removed, foxing and browning.) Contemporary vellum over thin pasteboard. Provenance: Haskell F. Norman (his sale, Christie's New York, 15 June 1998 lot 278). Second separate edition of the descriptive text without the engravings (first published in 1624). Norman 143.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Bayer / 1639 and 1640 / Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aeris laminis expressa. [bound with:] Explicatio characterum aeneis uranometrias imaginum, tabulis, insculptorum, addita, & commodiore hac forma tertium redintegrata. (Safe 1, 70736) Large Octavo. Full 17th- or 18th-century vellum. Engraved title dated 1639, 51 engraved plates. Text collates as A4-I4, K4, L4-N4, O2. Second Edition in Early Vellum, Bound With the Extremely Rare Text. First published in Augsburg in 1609, Bayer's Uranometria was one of the great celestial atlases of the 17th century, a veritable golden age for start chart production. This is the second edition, published in Ulm in 1639. And bound with it is the extremely rare 1640 accompanying text also published in Ulm. Of the 51 engraved plates in the atlas, 48 are Ptolemaic constellations, 1 is a chart of the 12 new constellations unknown to Ptolemy, and 2 are of planispheres showing the northern and southern hemispheres. Each plate has a carefully engraved grid, so that star positions can be read off to fractions of a degree. These positions were taken from the catalog of Tycho Brahe. Brahe's catalog had circulated in manuscript in the 1590s, but was not published until 1602. Another important feature of Bayer's atlas was the introduction of a new system of stellar nomenclature. Bayer assigned Greek letters to the brighter stars, generally in the order of magnitude, so that the bright star in the Bull's eye became alpha Tauri (and the brightest star in the Centaur became our familiar Alpha Centauri.) These letters were placed on the charts themselves, and also in a table that accompanied each chart. Bayer's charts are rarely offered separately on the market. Text This volume includes the extremely rare 1640 text to accompany the 1639 plate volume. We record one example having come to auction in the last 50 years, at Sotheby's in 2004 (sold for 1,440): "We have traced only one other copy, in the Royal Library in Stockholm." This is particularly desirable as Bayer's atlas almost always appears without accompanying text. The text has early marginal ink annotations in Latin. Provenance Ex-libris of Philip M. Chancellor, with the coat of arms and motto of the Chancellor family. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Third. 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.

Hardcover. Color illus. paper over boards with beige title plate affixed to front; Portfolio with 10 loose folded sheets inside; Lined with off-white cloth; 10 color plates. Ten constellation illustrations from the original 1603 edition of Uranometria, a star atlas by Johannes Bayer. VG- (Light wear to extremities; A few spots of very light foxing; Overall in nice shape).

Wraps. Condition: Good. Format is 5 inches by 6.75 inches at the front of the top wrapper, which as a ornate drawing at the center. The two wings have a slot that the tapered back wing fits into. Inside is a set of 36 cards in alphabetical order, illustrated on one side only, depicting various constellations. Uranometria is a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer. It was published in Augsburg in 1603 by Christoph Mangle (Christophorus Mangus) under the full title Uranometria: omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. This translates to "Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations, drawn by a new method and engraved on copper plates". The word "Uranometria" derives from Urania, muse of the heavens and "uranos" the Greek word for sky/heavens. A literal translation of "Uranometria" is "Measuring the Heavens" (to be compared with "Geometry"â""Geometria" in Greek, literally translated to "Measuring the Earth"). It was the first atlas to cover the entire celestial sphere. This set includes: Andromeda, Aquarius, Aquila, Argonavis 1603. Aries, Auriga, Bootes, Cancer, Canis Major, Capricornus, Casiopeia, Centaurus, Cepheus, Cetus, Corona, Cygnus, Draco, Eridanus, Gemini, Hercules, Hydra, Leo, Libra, Ophiuchus, Orion, Pegasus, Perseus, Pisces, Piscus Austrinus, Saittarius, Scorpius,Serpens, Taurus, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Virgo. Each card is a work of art and suitable for framing. Johann Bayer, (born 1572, Rain, Bavaria [Germany]â"died March 7, 1625, Augsburg [Germany]), German astronomer whose book Uranometria (1603) promulgated a system of identifying all stars visible to the naked eye. Bayer entered Ingolstadt University in 1592 to study philosophy and later moved to Augsburg. He became a lawyer by profession but, like many of his time, took a curious interest in the new advances in astronomy, leading to his publication of Uranometria, a popular guide to the constellations. In 1612 he was appointed legal adviser to the city council of Augsburg. Before Bayer's work, star charts were based on Ptolemy's star catalog, which was incomplete and ambiguous. Bayer updated Ptolemy's list of 48 constellations, adding 12 constellations newly recognized in the Southern Hemisphere. Based upon Tycho Brahe's determinations of stellar positions and magnitudes, Bayer assigned each visible star in a constellation one of the 24 Greek letters. For constellations with more than 24 visible stars, Bayer completed his listing with Latin letters. The nomenclature that Bayer developed is still used today and has been extended to apply to about 1,300 stars. Wrapper in two pieces, an inner sleeve that had flaps to hold the card and a outer wrapper with the author, title, and publisher on the front with a decoration. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.

Soft Flex Covers w Cloth Spine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Star Charts, fully illlustrated with descriptions in Italian. (illustrator). Modern reprint, no edition stated. Firmly readable and collectible. 110 pages, text is in LATIN ONLY. Soft cover w/ glossy card covers and cloth binding. Clean and Unmarked Text. Very good, like new condition, a sturdy modern book. No defects, other than slight wear from being stored or moved around the bookshop. ~ Authorized reprint (facsimile, replica) directly from the original antique astronomical book. Same as the original issue, meant as a representation or guide of the Celestial Sphere in the early 17th century. Ideal reference for historians, star gazers, astronomy enthusiasts and collectors of early works. Generously illustrated showing all the constellations in the night sky. (from Latin: Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations, drawn by a new method). The word "uranometria", from Ancient Greek ??????? (ouranós) 'sky, heavens' and ?????? (metron) 'measure', literally translates to "measuring the heavens". It was the first atlas to cover the entire celestial sphere. The Uranometria introduced a new system of star designation which has become known as the Bayer designation. Bayer's atlas included twelve new constellations invented a few years earlier to fill in the far south of the night sky, which was unknown to ancient Greece and Rome. ~ Overall a wonderful copy and informative resource. It would make a great gift for the fan in your life, even if that's you. ~ Please inquire for further details, our items arrive shrink wrapped and well packed. ~ Thank you for stopping by. 110 p. Book.

Condition: Gut. Nachdruck 2010;. [110] S. : Kt. ; Das Buch befindet sich in einem gut erhaltenen Zustand. Text/ Bildbeschreibung in LATEINISCHER Sprache; Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1700 Hardcover-Großformat/ 35 x 46 cm.