Among them were prints in valuable 16th and 17th century editions of atlases by Mercator, Speed, Jansson and Blaeu. |
Some of my favorite books are old, gorgeously illustrated encyclopedias and atlases. |
Since they were all manuscript, no two charts or atlases were alike in size, decoration or cartographic content. |
The facade of the palace is decorated with openwork entablature above the windows while the entrance portal has atlantes. |
Among its wealth of neoclassical details are the legs in the shape of inverted obelisks, the torsos of draped and winged caryatids and atlantes, and the allegorical figure. |
He demanded that these atlantes be the only ones in the city to face outwards. |