[Oceania]. LESUEUR, PETIT. [PÉRON (François); FREYCINET (Lou - Lot 330

[Oceania]. LESUEUR, PETIT. [PÉRON (François); FREYCINET (Louis de). Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes... Atlas by MM Lesueur and Petit. Second Edition. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1824. In-4, [6] f. (engraved title, table of plates), 68 plates (work entirely mounted on tabs), title transcribed in ink on the first flyleaf (the 4 volumes of text indicated are missing), green half-chagrin, 5-ribbed spine, author and title gilt, caissons decorated with gilt fleurons, title handwritten on a label on the upper cover (loss of paper on the boards, corners dulled, covers, edges and nerves rubbed, light foxing). Atlas of the second edition of François Péron's Voyage de découvertes aux terres australes, fait par ordre du gouvernement sur les corvettes "Le Géographe", "Le Naturaliste" et la schélette "Casuarina" pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804..., augmented by Louis de Freycinet. It features an engraved title page with a medallion vignette and 68 numbered plates, 27 of which are in color and 3 on double-page spreads. It comprises 12 maps and plans spread over 9 leaves, including a large double-page map of Australia, 23 plates depicting ethnic types, 15 of them in color, 13 views of towns or landscapes (one in color and two large double-page views of Sydney and Timor), 7 plates illustrating weapons, ornaments and utensils, including 2 in color, 10 zoological plates, including 9 in color, featuring the kangaroo and platypus, 2 plates devoted to fishing and native habitat, a plate on primitive arts, 2 plates of native music and a physics plate dedicated to the thermobathometer.