Johannes Hevelii Prodromus astronomiae : exhibens fundamenta, quae tam ad novum planè & correctiorem stellarum fixarum catalogum construendum, quàm ad omnium planetarum tabulas corrigendas omnimodè spectant; nec non novas & correctiores tabulas solares, aliasâque plurimas ad astronomiam pertinentes / Quibus additus est uterque Catalogus stellarum fixarum, tam major ad annum 1660, quàm minor ad annum completum 1700. Accessit corollarii loco Tabula motus lunae libratorii.

Half-title: J. Hevelii Prodromus astronomiae cum Catalogo fixarum, & Firmamentum Sobiescianum. Added engraved half title on double leaves. "Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive Uranographia," has special t.p., added engr. t.-p. on 2 leaves and separate paging. "Edmundi Halleii Catalogus stellarum australium ... partim correctus, & ad annum Christi MDCC completum reductus à Jo. Hevelio," p. [309]-320. "Joannis Ernesti Schmieden Cenotaphium. Illvstri viro Joanni Hevelio ... sacrandam ad memoriam positvm," with special t.p., p. Á. 7-10. Copy 2 has celestial cartography constellation maps as follows: Ursa Minor, Draco, Cepheus, Ursa Major, Canes Venatici, Bootes with the obsolete constellation Mons Maenalis; Hevelius invented Mons Maenalis, Corona Borealis, Hercules with a particularly artistic lion skin and Cerberus--the latter being one of the few constellations Hevelius invented to go obsolete, Lyra, Cygnus, Vulpecula, Anser, Sagitta; Hevelius invented the constellation of Vulpecula cum Anser, later just called Vulpecula often with Anser dropped from the depiction, Lacerta sive Stellio (another one of the constellations Hevelius invented: stelio is Latin for gecko), Cassiopeia, Camelopardalus, Ophiuchus (as Serpentarius) and Serpens, Hevelius's invention of Scutum Sobiescianum (now Scutum) to honor his patron, hence the particularly elaborate page with all the constellations fully rendered (compared to the other plates that just have the central focus fully rendered), Aquila with the obsolete constellation of Antinoüs, Sagitta, Delphinus, and Equuleus, Pegasus, Andromeda, Perseus, Auriga, Lynx, Leo Minor, Triangulum (here Triangulum Majus), Triangulum Minus (one of Hevelius's inventions, now obsolete) and Musca; note this is not the southern constellation of Musca but the renamed Apes that is now obsolete, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpius, Sagittarius, Corona Australis, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces, Cetus, Eridanus, Phoenix, Tucana (here Toucan), Orion, Monoceros,Canis Minor, Hydra, Sextans (one of Hevelius's inventions), Crater, Corvus, Sextans (here Sextans Uraniae), Centaurus, Lupus, Ara, Pavo, Triangulum Australis, Corona Australis, Piscis Austrinus (as Piscus Notius), Grus, Lepus and Columba, Canis Major, Argo Navis (with Robur Carol aka Robur Carolinum an obsolete constellation invented by Halley who Hevelius used as his source for southern stars he could not observe), All the southernmost constellations, including Volans (as Piscis Volans) and Dorado (as Xiphias)