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The Naturalist's Library

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

Original hand-coloured engravings over 180 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.

Sir William Jardine
Sir William Jardine
(1800-1874)

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.)


Troglodytes Niger (The Black Orangutan)

Plate 1a

Troglodytes Niger
(The Black Orangutan)


$89.95


Tryglodytes Niger

Plate 1b

Troglodytes Niger
(The Black Orangutan)




Macacus (Mainmon) Brachyurus (White Maimon)

Plate 1c

Macacus (Mainmon) Brachyurus White Maimon

$89.95


Pithecus Satyrus (Red Orangutang)

Plate 2a

Pithecus Satyrus
(The Red or Asiatic Orangutang)


$89.95


Red Orang-outang

Plate 2b

Pithecus Satyrus
(The Red or Asiatic Orangutang)


Note: some foxing in image

$89.95


Pithecus Satyrus (Red or Asiatic Orangutang)

Plate 2c

Pithecus Satyrus
(The Red or Asiatic Orangutang)


Note: some foxing in image


Plate 2c

Pithecus Satyrus
(The Red or Asiatic Orangutang)


$89.95



Hylobates Hoolock (the Hoolock)

Plate 3a

Hylobates Hoolock
(the Hoolock)


$89.95


Hylobates Hoolock

Plate 3b

Hylobates Hoolock
(the Hoolock)



Hylobates Hoolock

Plate 3b

Hylobates Hoolock
(the Hoolock)


$89.95


Hylobates Syndactyla (The Siamang)

Plate 4a

Hylobates Syndactyla
(The Siamang)

$89.95


The Siamang

Plate 4b

Hylobates Syndactyla
(The Siamang)


$89.95


Hylobates Agilis (Female)

Plate 5a

Hylobates Agilis
(female Active Gibbon)


$89.95


Active Gibbon

Plate 5b

Hylobates Agilis
(The Active Gibbon)
Male, Female, Young



nasalis larvatus (probiscus monkey)

Plate 6a

Nasalis Larvatus
(The Kahau or
Probiscus Monkey)


$89.95


Probiscus Monkey

Plate 6b

Nasalis Larvatus
(The Kahau or
Probiscus Monkey)



Probiscus Monkey

Plate 6b

Nasalis Larvatus
(The Kahau or
Probiscus Monkey)


$89.95


Cochin China Monkey

Plate 7a

Lasiopyga Nemea
(The Douc or
Cochin China Monkey)


$89.95


Douc or Cochin China Monkey

Plate 7b

Lasiopyga Nemea
(The Douc or
Cochin China Monkey)



Douc or Cochin China Monkey

Plate 7b

Lasiopyga Nemea
(The Douc or
Cochin China Monkey)



The Simpia

Plate 8

Semnopithecus Melalophas
(The Simpia)


$89.95


Semnoepitecus entellus

Plate 9

Semnopithecus Entellus
(The Entellus Monkey)



Semnoepitecus entellus

Plate 9

Semnopithecus Entellus
(The Entellus Monkey)


$89.95


Cercopithecus Ruber (The Red Monkey)

Plate 11a

Cercopithecus Ruber
(The Red Monkey)


$89.95


Red Monkey

Plate 11b

Cercopithecus Ruber
(The Red Monkey)


$89.95


White Eyelid Monkey

Plate 12

Cercocebus Fulginosus
(The Mangabey or
White eyelid Monkey)



The Green Monkey

Plate 13

Cercocebus Sabaeus
(The Green Monkey)



Macacus Silenus (Wanderoo Monkey)

Plate 14a

Macacus Silenus
(The Wanderoo Monkey)


$89.95


Wanderoo Monkey

Plate 14b

Macacus Silenus
(The Wanderoo Monkey)



Inuus Sylvanus (Barbary Ape)

Plate 15a

Inuus Sylvanus
(The Barbary Ape)


$89.95


Inuus Sylvanus (The Barbary Ape)

Plate 15b

Inuus Sylvanus
(The Barbary Ape)


$89.95


Papio Salvanus

Plate 16a

Papio Salvanus
(The Chacma)



Chacma

Plate 16b

Papio Salvanus
(The Chacma)


$89.95


Papio Mormon

Plate 17a

Papio Mormon
(The Mandril or
Rib-nose Baboon)


$89.95


Mandril, Rib-nose Baboon

Plate 17b

Papio Mormon
(The Mandril or
Rib-nose Baboon)


$89.95

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We have many more of "The Naturalist's Library" prints.
Please see the other categories listed on the Natural History home page.