Ioannis Bayeri Rhainani I.C. Vranometria
Subtitle: omnivm asterismorvm continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa
Contributors: Mair, Alexander, 1559-
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1603
Place of publication: Place of publication not identified]
Language: lat
Subjects: Astronomy; Charts, diagrams; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Vranometria.
Work titles: Uranometria
Description: Includes 48 maps of individual Ptolemaic constellations; the 49th displays twelve new southern constellations; on maps 50 and 51: "Synopsis coeli superioris borea" and "Synopsis coeli inferioris austrina" respectively. Discussion of the various names of constellations, and a list of stars including Ptolemaic number, Bayer's letter, position within constellation figure, magnitude and astrological association, printed on back of each map.
Notes: Title within architectural border with illustrations, includes date: MDCIII.

First published by C. Mangus, Augsburg, 1603.

Names in Latin and in Greek.

"Corrigenda": leaf b2, verso.

Signatures: a-b², A-3C².

D. Warner. The sky explored. p. 18; Dict. Scien. Biogr. v.1, p.530