Sir William Jardine "The Naturalist's Library" 1838-43 antique bird prints, ornithology prints Game Birds, Quail, Grouse, Pheasants, etc.

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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, 5, or more!

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
(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.)
Plate 1 Perdix Cinera The Common Partridge $89.95	Plate 2 Perdix Montana The Mountain Partridge	Plate 2 The Rock Ptarmigan $89.95	Plate 3 The Little Bustard $89.95
Plate III Meleagris Ocellata $89.95	Plate III Perdix Picta The Painted Partridge $89.95	Plate 4 Perdix Petrona The Rock Partridge $89.95	Plate V Perdix Chukar The Chukar Partridge $89.95
Plate VI Perdix Francolinus The Common Francolin $89.95	Plate VII Francolinus Cruentatus The Sanguine Partridge	Plate VII Francolinus Cruentatus The Sanguine Partridge Native of Nepual [sic] $89.95	Plate 7 Polyplectron Chalcurum $89.95
Plate 8 Coturnix Textilis $89.95	Plate 8 Gallus Oeneus The Bronzed Cock	Plate IX Attagis Latreillii $89.95	Plate 10 Ortyx Borealis The Virginian Quail $89.95
Plate 11 The Woodcock $89.95	Plate XII Gallus Sonnerati female
Plate XII Ortyx Macroura Long-tailed Ortyx $89.95	Plate 15 Tetrao Urogallus The Wood Grouse $89.95	Plate XV Phasianus Versicolor female $89.95	Plate XV Tetrao Canadensis The Canadian Grouse $89.95
Plate XVI Tetrao Phasionellus [The Sharp-tailed Grouse]	Plate XVI Tetrao Phasionellus [The Sharp-tailed Grouse]	Plate 17 Centrocercus Urophasianus Cock of the Plains $89.95	Plate 18 Phasianus Pictus The Golden Pheasant
	Plate 18 Phasianus Nycthermus The Silver Pheasant $89.95	Plate XVIII Lagopus Scoticus The Red Grouse $89.95
Plate 19 Euplocomus Ignitus (male) $89.95	Plate 20 Euplocomus Ignitus (female) $89.95	Plate XIX Lagopus Mutus Common Ptarmigan Winter Plumage $89.95	Plate 20 Lagopus Mutus Common Ptarmigan Spring and Summer Plumage $89.95
Plate 21 Euplocomus Purchrasia $89.95	Plate XXI Lyrurus Tetrix The Common Black Grouse (male) $89.95	Plate XXII Lyrurus Tetrix The Common Black Grouse (female) $89.95	Plate 23 Three-banded Sandgrouse (female) $89.95
Plate 23 Lophophorus Impeyanus female $89.95	Plate 24 Pterocles Arenarius The Banded Sand Grouse (female) $89.95	Plate 25 Pterocles Arenarius The Banded Sand Grouse (male) $89.95	Plate 24 Tragopan Satyrus Horned Tragopan
Plate 25 Nyeheptes Pallanssii Pallas's Sand Grouse $89.95	Plate 26 Tragopan Hastingii (Hasting's Tragopan) female $89.95	Plate 26 Cryptonix coronatus $89.95	Plate XXVII Ortygis Meiffrenii White-spotted Ortygis $89.95
Plate 28 Ortygis Black-necked Ortygis $89.95	Plate 28 Numida Cristata (The crested Guinea Fowl) Native of the Great Namaguas Country	Plate 29 Crypturus Rufescens The Gauzu $89.95	Plate 29 Crypturus Tataupa The Tataupa $89.95
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