ariail deliberately collected star atlases and the firstar atlases alessandro piccolo meany's at list prior to the time of engraving produced a star at least on this one stated 1540 was produced by absolutely amazing. that is the first because it's an observational astronomer had a great interest in his early star atlases as johannes bears dating from 1603 is an absolutely stunning outlets in which the engraving include drawings over them showing the astrological symbols that we all know what 17th century star atlas. the collection crews all of the other major early star atlases. this is johannes topol myers from 1742. you will notice his maps, again describing the system of a planet and color. these were important to robert ariail as he became the richest in how others perceived to have been, the history of scientific understanding from his perspective as an observational astronomer. and this is a copy of john views his work, which is finished in the 1750s, but not published until 1986 on our copy has this title page, which is very rare. we are one of very few libraries in the world

robert, as an observational astronomer, had a great interest in the early star atlases. there's bears, dating from 1603, it's an absolutely stunning atlas in which the engravings include drawings over them showing the as logical symbols we all know of the 17th century star atlas. the collection includes all the other major early star atlases. this is the collection from 1742. you'll notice the mappings of the helps, again, describing the system of the planets in coal -- color, hand colored, and the accessions were important to robert as he became more and more interested in how others perceived the helps, the history of scientific understanding of the heavens from his perspective as the observational astronomer. this is the observation of the work finished in 1750s, but not published until 1786, and our copy has this title page which is very rare. we're one of very few libraries in the world to have all the early star atlases, but the p strength of the collection is that it relates to popular astronomy and observational astronomy. robert being a member of the american as

ariel very deliberately collected star atlases, and the first star atlas is the at last prior to the time of engraving. it was produced, and this one dated 1540 was produced but wood cuts. it's absolutely amazing. it's in a beautiful period binding. we're very fortunate to have that, and that is the first known star atlas. in or dating from be 1603, it's an absolutely stunning atlas in which the engravings include drawings over them showing the symbols that we all know. this is a 17th century star atlas. .. >> and our copy has this title page which is very rare. we're one of very few libraries in the world to have all of these star alices. but the strength of the area of the elections is it relates to popular astronomy and observational astronomy robert ariel being a member of the star observers and the active one at that. also including the work of the major observatories the periodical publications and in effect -- reflect his interest of the microscope and as to restore the telescope as part of his work he did the research and published it is part of his major collection witht