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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 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, 5, or more!

These vibrant prints are from the Mammals 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 1
The Harnessed Antelope

Plate 1
The Cambing Ootan
$35

Plate 2
The Brown Llama

Plate 3
The Chamois
Native of Europe & Asia
$40

Plate 3b
The Thibetan Musk

Plate 4
The Wool-bearing Antelope (mountain goat)
Native of America
$40

Plate 10
anonymous white-tailed deer
(unidentified on plate)

Plate 12
The Rusa or Timor
$25

Plate 14
The Brown Porcine Axis
$25

Plate 18
The Pita Brochet
$25

Plate 18b
The Bubalis

Plate 19
The Impoopo or Elk Antelope
$35

Plate 20
The Koodoo
$40

Plate 21
Aigocerus Niger
$35

Plate 21
The Nyl-Chau
$40

Plate 22
The Gnu
$40

Plate 23
The Takhaitze
$35

Plate 24
The Algazel
$40

Plate 25
The Addax

Plate 25
The Kevel
$25

Plate 27
The Springer or Springbock (Springbok)
$25
(note trimming at top)

Plate 28
Sœmmering's Antelope
$35

Plate 30
The Klip Springer
$35

Plate 31
The Chickara or Four Horned Antelope
Native of Bengal
$25

Plate 32
The Grim
Native of Senegal
$25
(see light text offsetting)

Plate 33
Salt's Antelope
Native of Africa
$35

Stag or Red Deer
Native of Scotland
(Frontispiece to 1835 volume on ruminating animals)

Plate 20
Front View of the
Head of the Muntjak
$25

Plate 8
The Fossil Elk

We have many more of "The Naturalist's Library" prints.
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