HALL. ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE WEST COAST OF COREA, AND THE GREAT LOO-CHOO ISLAND. 1818

FIRST EDITION, 4to (270 x 210mm.), dedication leaf, 5 engraved maps (2 folding), 8 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt, lacking half-title, two blank leaves and advertisements, minor spotting and offsetting, text block starting at places, rebacked and recornered, hinges strengthened

King's Inn Library, Dublin, library stamps

Abbey, Travel 558; Hill (2004) 749; Löwendahl 802

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"Hall's book… describes… his explorations in the little known eastern seas, and his visit to Canton (Guangzhou). His interview with Napoleon, who had known his father as a schoolboy at Brienne, is also recounted in the book” (ODNB). The work is notable for aquatint plates after William Havell, who accompanied the embassy.