Bayer, Johann. Sagitta, 1603 Print Striking view of the town

Striking view of the town of Parkersburg

more likely just prior

Sabin 101455

The Art Institute of Chicago acquired the door in 1932

Bayer, Johann. Sagitta, 1603 Print Striking view of the townJohann Bayer Sagitta 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