Sir William Jardine "The Naturalist's Library" 1838-43 antique bird prints, ornithology prints

The Naturalist's Library

Sir William Jardine (publisher) • Wm. Lizars (principal engraver)
1830s-1840s, London & Edinburgh

Original hand-coloured engravings over 170 years old
Sheet size: approximately 3.5 x 6.5 inches.

Wonderful for small walls or intimate spaces. They also make great groupings of 3 or 5!

These vibrant prints are from the Ornithology volumes of The Naturalist's Library. Sir William Jardine, who edited the series, commissioned experts throughout Europe to author each of the 40 volumes organized by four major topics — mammals, birds, insects, and fish. The volumes included over 1300 hand-coloured plates produced from engravings by William Lizars, the eminent Scottish engraver and painter of topographical views.

Please click on thumbnails below for a better look at each print.
(The digital watermark on images deters image theft and does not appear on actual print.)

Plate 18 Black-headed Tody $35	Plate 18 Linneated Cuckoo $35	Plate 18 Yellow-bellied or Cape Bunting	Plate 18 Snow Bunting
Plate 18 Phasianus Nycthemerus $25	Plate 19 Great-headed Tody $35	Plate 19 Bullfinch	Plate 20 Rufus-crowned Tody $35
Plate 20 Senegal Lark-Heel $35	Plate 20 Euplocomus Ignitus female $25	Plate 20 Crossbill $35	Plate 21 Long-tailed African Tody $35
Plate 22 Large Grey-headed Bush Shrike $35	Plate 22 Spectacle Tody $35	Plate 23 Grey-headed Flycatcher $35	Plate 23 Three-banded Sandgrouse $25
Plate 23 Puff-backed Bush Shrike $25	Plate 24 White-bellied Flycatcher $35	Plate 24 Barbary or Yellow-crowned Bush Shrike $40	Plate 24 Cuckoo $40
Plate 25 Honey Guide	Plate 25 Cerulean or Long-tailed Flycatcher	Plate 26 White-collared Flycatcher $25	Plate 26 White-plumed Shrike $35
Plate 26 American Tyrant Flycatcher $40	Plate 26 Cryptonix Cornonatus (The Crowned Cryptonix) $35	Plate 27 Robin Flycatcher $35	Plate 27 Striped-throated Lapwing $35
Plate 28 Buff-bodied Flycatcher $30	Plate 28 Crimson-shouldered Caterpillar Catcher $35	Plate 28 Numida Cristata (The crested Guinea Fowl) Native of the Great Namaguas Country see more Jardine/Lizars Game Birds here	Plate 29 Black-billed Caper $40
Plate 29 Walking Drongo Shrike $25	Plate 30 Horsefield's Caper $35	Plate 30 European Bee Eater	Plate 30 Climbing Leaflove $35
Plate 30 Trypturu's Tataupa (The Tataupa) $25	Plate 31 Fork-tailed Caper $35	Plate 31 Oriale (Oriole?) Babbler $35	Plate 8 (unidentified) $20
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