East Asia.- Hall (Capt. Basil) Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island, first edition, half-title, 5 engraved maps (2 folding), 10 engraved or aquatint plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, some with tissue-guards, bookplate of William Bagge, light offsetting, mostly from text to plates, some light foxing but overall a crisp copy, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, upper joint split at head, [Abbey, Travel 558], 4to, 1818.

⁂ With coloured aquatint plates after William Havell, who accompanied the embassy. "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).