[Near East]. CHARDIN (Jean). Voyages du chevalier Chardin en - Lot 186

[Near East]. CHARDIN (Jean). Voyages du chevalier Chardin en Perse et autres lieux de l'Orient... New edition. Paris, Le Normant, 1811. 10 vol. in-8 (text) late 19th c. green half-chagrin, spine with 4 nerves, title, tomaison and gilded fillets + Atlas in-folio, pink boards, title on label on upper cover (text: some rubbing and minor defects, sporadic russeting and browning, snags in head margins t.6, t.2 p.8 restored; atlas: headpieces torn off, cuts and corners worn; atlas spine uncovered, boards worn, one detached; pl. 51 and 53 torn in margins, creases to edges of fold-outs; without map). New edition enlarged, in particular with a Notice sur la Perse, and notes, by L. Langlès. Volume 10, the last volume of text, contains a chronological note, a detailed index, the table of atlas plates and the author's bibliography, as well as corrections and additions. A few engraved vignettes illustrate these volumes. The atlas consists of [2] leaves (false title, title), a portrait of the author and 64 leaves of plates offering 83 illustrations (in accordance with the table). The plates have full margins.