THE PROPERTY OF A. STIRLING OF KEIR
Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550)
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Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550)
Ces moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz avecq'les Regions y appartenantes, ont este au vif contrefaictez par Pierre Coeck d'Alost, luy estant en Turquie, l'An de Iesuchrist M.D. 33...(Holl. 4)
woodcuts, circa 1533, the Stirling-Maxwell set comprising his red ink title 'The Turks in MDXXXIII' with eight caryatids, frieze and entablature; letterpress title within full, elaborate cartouche; a duplicate letterpress title within inner cartouche only and further set of eight caryatids, frieze and entablature; seven letterpress legends with two caryatids, and entablature; set of seven illustrations (from ten blocks) each with letterpress legend below, two caryatids, frieze and entablature; and two impressions of Marie Verhulst's address, the first with inner cartouche only and set of eight caryatids, frieze and entablature, the second with full elaborate cartouche, the various components trimmed to the subject for purposes of alignment, a very fine, uniform presentation of this extremely rare series of illustrations, one or two foxmarks, generally in very good condition, mounted on card, in green half morocco, tooled in gilt, the upper cover with a stylised crescent moon and star, the moon enclosing the words 'The Turks in MDXXXIII' with the date MDCCCLXXIII (1873) below, the lower cover with a device incorporating the monograms of Pieter Coecke van Aelst and William Stirling-Maxwell
overall S. 505 x 904mm.(album)
Ces moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz avecq'les Regions y appartenantes, ont este au vif contrefaictez par Pierre Coeck d'Alost, luy estant en Turquie, l'An de Iesuchrist M.D. 33...(Holl. 4)
woodcuts, circa 1533, the Stirling-Maxwell set comprising his red ink title 'The Turks in MDXXXIII' with eight caryatids, frieze and entablature; letterpress title within full, elaborate cartouche; a duplicate letterpress title within inner cartouche only and further set of eight caryatids, frieze and entablature; seven letterpress legends with two caryatids, and entablature; set of seven illustrations (from ten blocks) each with letterpress legend below, two caryatids, frieze and entablature; and two impressions of Marie Verhulst's address, the first with inner cartouche only and set of eight caryatids, frieze and entablature, the second with full elaborate cartouche, the various components trimmed to the subject for purposes of alignment, a very fine, uniform presentation of this extremely rare series of illustrations, one or two foxmarks, generally in very good condition, mounted on card, in green half morocco, tooled in gilt, the upper cover with a stylised crescent moon and star, the moon enclosing the words 'The Turks in MDXXXIII' with the date MDCCCLXXIII (1873) below, the lower cover with a device incorporating the monograms of Pieter Coecke van Aelst and William Stirling-Maxwell
overall S. 505 x 904mm.(album)
Provenance
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Bt., bookplate