GEBHART (Émile). Praxitèle. Essai sur l'histoire de l'art et - Lot 464

GEBHART (Émile). Praxitèle. Essai sur l'histoire de l'art et du génie grecs depuis l'époque de Périclès jusqu'à celle d'Alexandre. Paris, F. Tandou et Cie, 1864. In-8, [2] f., 300 p., [1] f. errata, orange morocco, 5-ribbed spine, gilt author, title and date, décor of volutes set in a double gilt fillet border, covers decorated with a central poly-lobed fleuron adorned with scrolled brackets and palmettes in a wide frieze framed by palmettes, rounded fillets and dots in a double gilt fillet border, double gilt fillet at the edges, gilt edges, burgundy morocco covers decorated with a framing frieze of semis of florettes in columns ending at the corners in squares and scrolls with palmettes at the spandrels, in a gilt framing fillet, red-orange silk endpapers, covers. and spine, lined slipcase [Joly fils] (slipcase slightly rubbed, spine unstained, upper hinge rubbed, one corner rubbed). First edition. Provenance: Raoul Baguenault de Puchesse armorial bookplate.