Australasia.- Australia.- Maslen (T.J.) The Friend of Australia; or, a Plan for Exploring the Interior and for carrying on a Survey of the Whole Continent of Australia, second edition, folding map, 5 hand-coloured double-page lithographed plates mounted on stubs at end (3 views, partly-coloured plan for a town, and proposal for an Australian flag), foxing to title and first few leaves, original cloth, paper label on spine, rubbed, spine worn and chipped, old repairs to joints, [Ferguson 2145; Wantrup 117b; cf.Abbey Travel 574, first edition of 1830], 8vo, 1836.

⁂ Scarce and eccentric work on the unknown Australian interior in accordance with the contemporary theory that the continent contained a vast inland sea, with proposals for an expedition using elephants, camels and craft for navigating the said sea.