![CHARDIN, Sir John (1643-1713). Voyages... en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient ... nouvelle dition ... augmente d'une notice de la Perse ... par L. Langls. Paris: Le Normant, 1811. 11 volumes (text: 10 volumes, 8 [199 x 126mm.] and atlas vol. of plates, 2 [512 x 340mm.]). Text; engraved headpieces (occasional spotting.); atlas: half-title. Engraved portrait of the author, 2 maps (1 large and folding), 61 plates only (of 62) (9 folding). (Lacking plate with four images numbered LXXV, XXXIII, XXIX and LXII, one plate almost detached with resultant light soiling and tattering to outer and lower blank margins.) Text: contemporary calf gilt, name and crest of Hudson Gurney on covers and spines (scuffed, extremities rubbed, spines chipped); atlas: original boards, letterpress label on upper cover (upper joint split, some scuffing). Provenance: Hudson Gurney, Keswick, Norfolk (b.1775-1864, bindings). (11)](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1999/CKS/1999_CKS_06098_0172_000(113909).jpg?w=1)
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CHARDIN, Sir John (1643-1713). Voyages... en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient ... nouvelle dition ... augmente d'une notice de la Perse ... par L. Langls. Paris: Le Normant, 1811. 11 volumes (text: 10 volumes, 8 [199 x 126mm.] and atlas vol. of plates, 2 [512 x 340mm.]). Text; engraved headpieces (occasional spotting.); atlas: half-title. Engraved portrait of the author, 2 maps (1 large and folding), 61 plates only (of 62) (9 folding). (Lacking plate with four images numbered LXXV, XXXIII, XXIX and LXII, one plate almost detached with resultant light soiling and tattering to outer and lower blank margins.) Text: contemporary calf gilt, name and crest of Hudson Gurney on covers and spines (scuffed, extremities rubbed, spines chipped); atlas: original boards, letterpress label on upper cover (upper joint split, some scuffing). Provenance: Hudson Gurney, Keswick, Norfolk (b.1775-1864, bindings). (11)