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<p>[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 594420, member: 8184"]<i>"Le Neptune François is one of the most elaborately decorated atlases ever published. Printed in Amsterdam by Pierre Mortier in 1693, this sea atlas reproduced the latest maps of the coast of western Europe by the French Académie Royale des Sciences.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The frontispiece of the atlas features a hand-colored engraving by Jan van Vianen, depicting Neptune riding a seashell-shaped chariot drawn by four hippocampi, mythical creatures with the upper body of a horse and the lower body of a fish.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The god of the sea is escorted by tritons, who command the waves by blowing their conch shells. In the background, an armada sails to war amid cannon fire and lightning."</i></p><p><br /></p><p>You can buy it on pocket squares (the following page is the source of the above info <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). <a href="http://www.kentwang.com/le-neptune-francois.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kentwang.com/le-neptune-francois.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kentwang.com/le-neptune-francois.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 594420, member: 8184"][I]"Le Neptune François is one of the most elaborately decorated atlases ever published. Printed in Amsterdam by Pierre Mortier in 1693, this sea atlas reproduced the latest maps of the coast of western Europe by the French Académie Royale des Sciences. The frontispiece of the atlas features a hand-colored engraving by Jan van Vianen, depicting Neptune riding a seashell-shaped chariot drawn by four hippocampi, mythical creatures with the upper body of a horse and the lower body of a fish. The god of the sea is escorted by tritons, who command the waves by blowing their conch shells. In the background, an armada sails to war amid cannon fire and lightning."[/I] You can buy it on pocket squares (the following page is the source of the above info :smuggrin:). [URL]http://www.kentwang.com/le-neptune-francois.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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