JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
There have been a number of posts on this blog showing the comparative lengths of rivers and heights of mountain very artistically displayed--beautifully so, sometimes. I found this unusual example in an unexpected place--Rambosson's Histoire des Astres... (Paris 1874) in its section on the Earth. I've never noticed it before, though the caption tells us that its source is from a relatively common-ish atlas by Drioux and Leroy, Atlas Universel de Geographie, which went through many editions. In any event, I thought I'd share it here, as I can't seem to locate it in the original:
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