Estimate: | £150 - £200 |
Hammer price: | £150 |
HALL, Basil (1788-1844). Extracts from a Journal, written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1824. 2 volumes, 8vo (184 x 115mm). Folding engraved “Chart of H.M.S. Conway’s Tracks on the South American Station”, tables (chart stained and spotted, occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary half calf gilt (upper joints of vol. one splitting, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: James Home Rigg (armorial bookplate); from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Hill p.134; Sabin 29718. (2)