Bayer, Johann. Lupus, 1603 John Gould 22 ¼ x 26 ¾

22 ¼ x 26 ¾ inches

the cherry symbolized Spring because it is the first tree that bears fruit after winter

science and modernity reaching an apex

Le Moyne was born around 1533

Bayer, Johann. Lupus, 1603 John Gould 22 ¼ x 26 ¾Johann Bayer Lupus 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