Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, : quibus astronomicæ scientiæ, temporum longinquitate collapsæ restauratio continetur;
Kepler and Brahe's Tabulæ Rudolphinæ is a 1627 astronomical table book printed at Ulm by Jonas Saur for Johannes Kepler, compiling planetary tables for the scholarly astronomy community. Its ornamental woodcut headpieces and initials, with grotesque masks, scrolling foliage, putti and figures in symmetrical frames, offer a designer ready models for decorative borders, corner pieces and framed panels.







