80/2814 [Australia]. (Flinders, M.). (A Voyage to Terra Australis). Atlas vol. only. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (1814-1829), 16 (double-p.) engr. maps, 2 double-p. plates w. profiles, 10 botanical plates after F. BAUER (i.a. by E. BYRNE and F. SAMSON), bound in modern giltlettered blue hcalf, elephant folio.

- Several maps with reduced blank margins and partly cut to/ just inside) the plate mark (probably due to the fact that the were taken from variously sized copies and rebound or because of frail blank margins). One map (no.VII) yellowed in lower margin in the longitude strip, but not affecting the map; tear of 4,7 cm. in lower margin of map no.VIII (affecting the blank section of the map); map no.XI w. tear at top end of two folds (3,5 and 6,5 cm.); a few maps (sl.) creased; most maps and all botanical plates have a vague false central vertical fold. Nevertheless a good/ fine copy with the large General Map in fine condition. Corners (sl.) bumped.

= Hill 614; Kroepelien 438; Nissen BBI 673; Ferguson 576; Tooley, Mapping of Australia, pp.77-79; cf. Wantrup 67. This copy of Flinders' Atlas consist of several different editions of the maps: all maps except no. 5, 7, 8, 9 and 12 have the stamp of the Hydrographical Office (indicating later editions). And the following maps are also later emended editions of the the original maps: map I (General Chart of Terra Australis), publ. in 1829; map X publ. w. additions to 1826, map XI publ. in 1824 and map XIII publ. in 1824. The importance of Flinders' A Voyage to Terra Australis cannot be overstated. His circumnavigation of Australia and the surveying that he did over a period of 9 years resulted in very detailed charts of the (entire) coast of Australia, which were used for many years after they were first issued. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCV.