Bayer, Johann. Lepus, 1603 lithograph Cross Creek (now Fayatteville)

Cross Creek (now Fayatteville)

the present vellums are of such exceptional quality that they are the master’s work

also became a center for the floral art

Dressing Table

Bayer, Johann. Lepus, 1603 lithograph Cross Creek (now Fayatteville)Johann Bayer Lepus From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" 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