HALL (Capt. Basil). Extracts from a Journal, written on the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822.1824

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., Third edition, 2 vols., 8vo, xx, 379, [1]; xii, 304, 71, [1]pp., folding engraved map lightly browned, contemporary calf, upper joint of vol. I slightly cracked, spines tooled in gilt with contrasting leather labels, a nice set. "Hall was posted to the Conway, a 26-gun frigate on the South American station. His experiences are recorded in this journal, which includes accounts of bullfights, earthquakes, politics, revolutions, mining, trade, customs, and social life, of Valparaiso, Santiago, Callao, Lima, Payta, Guayaquil, and Panama. In Mexico, Acapulco, Tepic, and San Blas were visited." - Hill. Provenance: Volume one with the contemporary ink ownership inscription 'The Hon.ble The Bishop of Durham.' Hill, Pacific Voyages, p.134.