[Part I] The French Neptune or New Atlas of marine charts. Relevés et gravées par ordre exprés du Roy pour l'usage de ses armées de mer, Dans lequel on voit la description exacte de toutes les Côtes de la Mer Oceane, & de la Mer Baltique depuis la Norvege jusquques au détroit de Gibraltar. In which are exactly marked the roads which it is necessary to hold, the Banks of sands, Rocks & Breaks of water; & generally all that relates to the Navigation. The whole made on the observations & experience of the most skilful Engineers & Pilots. Revised & put in order by Sieurs Pene, Cassini & others.Paris, at Hubert Jaillot aux deux Globes, 1693 In reality: [Amsterdam, Pieter Mortier, 1693] Large folio, calf with gilt framing. Including its frontispiece "Le Neptune François" by Jan Van Vianen, the title page illustrated with a vignette, 6 pages of text paginated 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; the Table of scales. Followed by 3 plates: "Vessel of the first rank bearing Admiral's flag. J. van Vianen fecit"; "Section of an Admiral of 104 guns with its main proportions and the names of the pieces inside"; "Section of a galley with its proportions. Keel of a galley on the yard". Followed by 28 enhanced maps in 56 pages. Condition report: Binding very worn, spine torn/scratched (very poor condition - to be fully restored). Freckles, wetness, folds, wormholes and tears to margins, discharges to verso of enhanced plates... Text and plates fully mounted on tabs, page of the Table of scales trimmed. Missing: Map [1] Coasts of Europe