Bayer, Johann. Delphinus. Augsburg, 1603. 10_12_2023 From volume III of the

From volume III of the folio edition of Les Liliacées

The right panel

and PRESSLER

One of the greatest ornithological artists of his era

Floridians

Bayer, Johann. Delphinus. Augsburg, 1603. 10_12_2023 From volume III of theJohann 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