Bayer, Johann. Auriga, 1603 Botanical Prints Reiner & Joshua Ottens

Reiner & Joshua Ottens

After the Civil War he was one of the first artists to cross the plains to the Rocky Mountains and he quickly became known for his paintings of Colorado and California

maple front stiles of the desk

Swallow Tailed Hawk (Plate 18)

Bayer, Johann. Auriga, 1603 Botanical Prints Reiner & Joshua OttensJohann Bayer Auriga 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