Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William (publisher) - Coecke van Aelst, Pieter The Turks in MDXXXIII A series of drawings made in that year at Constantinople by Peter Coeck of Aelst... with an introduction by Sir William Stirling Maxwell London & Edinburgh: privately printed, 1873. Large oblong folio, printed in red and black, engraved title-page, head- and tailpieces, text-illustrations, 12 plates (including title-page and colophon to Coecke's work), original green cloth, binding slightly rubbed, very slight paper discolouration throughout, faint crease to early leaves including title-page [Atabey 261; Blackmer 379; this copy with plain rather than the usual monogrammed pastedowns]

Note: One of Stirling-Maxwell's 'pioneering books of facsimile prints using the new photolithographic methods' (ODNB), 100 copies printed. Provenance: 1) Christie’s, The Property of Archibald Stirling of Keir, 22-24 May 1995, lot 712. 2)The Late Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (1952-2020).