L to R, top to bottom..
1.
Atlas céleste de Flamstéed 1776;
2.
Curious Mathematical Forms - Robert Boyle 1670;
3.
Uranometria - Johann Bayer 1603;
4.
Poeticon Astronomicon - Hyginius 1482.
These are on a page serendipititiously found in an absent-minded googling fashion. They are within the
United States Naval Observatory Library in the
Rare Books section. (The jpeg links for each image from that page are HUGE)
A complete high resolution scanned copy of
Uranometria can be found at the
Linda Hall Library.
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