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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
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.)


Nasua Monaches

Plate 18

Nasua Monaches
Native of America

$89.95

(faint crease lower right corner)


Papuan Hog

Plate 19

Papuan Hog

$89.95


Crab Eating Raccoon

Plate 19

Procyon Cancrivorus
Crab Eating Raccoon

Black Variety
Native of Brazil



Macropus Parryi

Plate 18

Macropus Parryi
(Wallaby)



Macropus Bennettii

Plate 19

Macropus Bennettii
(Wallaby)



Macropus Ualabatus (Wallaby)

Plate 20

Macropus Ualabatus
Native of New South Wales
(Wallaby)

$89.95


Macropus Derbianus (Wallaby)

Plate 21

Macropus Derbianus
Native of New South Wales
(Wallaby)

$89.95


Macropus Pencillatus (Wallaby)

Plate 22

Macropus Pencillatus
Native of New South Wales
(Wallaby)

$89.95


Myrmecphaga Jubata 
Great Anteater
Native of America

Plate 22

Myrmecphaga Jubata
Great Anteater

Native of America

$89.95


Phalangista vulpina

Plate 23

Phalangista vulpina
Native of Van Diemens Land


Chlamyphorus Truncates

Plate 23

Chlamyphorus Truncates
Native of Chile

$89.95


Babyroussa

Plate 23

Babyroussa
Male & Female
Native of Molucca Islands

$89.95


Duvaucel's Squirrel

Plate 24

Sciurus Hypoleuces
Duvaucel's Squirrel

Native of Madagascar

$89.95


Chinchilla

Plate 25

Chinchilla Diana Viscachia
Native of America

$89.95


Petaurus Taguanoides

Plate 27

Petaurus Taguanoides
Native of New South Wales

$89.95


Hydrochaerus Cariai

Plate 27

Hydrochaerus Cariai
Native of Guiana

$89.95


Lepus Tapeti

Plate 28

Lepus Tapeti
Native of Brazil

$10


Flying Squirrel

Plate 28

Petaurus sciureus
(Flying Squirrel?)


Flying Squirrel

Plate 29

Petaurus breviceps
(Flying Squirrel?)

$89.95


Honey Rattel

Plate 29

Honey Rattel

$89.95


Kangaroo - Halmaturus rutilans

Plate 29

Halmaturus rutilans
(Kangaroo)
Native of New South Wales

$89.95


Echidna Setona

Plate 30

Echidna Setosa

$89.95


Petaurus Pygmaeus

Plate 30

Petaurus Pygmaeus
Native of New South Wales



Echidna Hystrix

Plate 33

Echidna Hystrix
Native of New South Wales


Platypus

Plate 34

Ornithovhynchus paradoxus
(Platypus)

Native of New South Wales


See also Rodents

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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.

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