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The Naturalist's Library

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

Original engravings over 180 years old
Sheet size: approximately 3.5 x 6.5 inches.

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.)

Aldrovandus

Aldrovandus
$39.95

Aristotle

Aristotle
$39.95

Sir Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks
$39.95

John Barclay

John Barclay
$39.95

Thomas Bewick

Thomas Bewick
$39.95

Bruce

Bruce
$39.95

George Louis LeClerc, Compte de Buffon

Buffon
(George Louis LeClerc, Compte de Buffon)
$39.95

Burckhardt

Burckhardt
$39.95

Camper

Camper
$39.95

Cuvier

Cuvier
$39.95

Don Felix D'Azara

Don Felix D'Azara
$39.95

Baron de Geer

Baron de Geer
$39.95

Drury

Drury
$39.95

Gesner

Gesner
$39.95

Haller

Haller
$39.95

Huber

Huber
$39.95

Humboldt

Humboldt
$39.95

John Hunter

John Hunter
$39.95

Lacepede

Lacepede
$39.95

Lamarck

Lamarck
$39.95

Latreille

Latreille
$39.95

Latreille's Tomb

Latreille's Tomb
in the Cemetery of Père la Chaise
$39.95

Latreille's manuscript notes

"Facsimile of one of Latreille's Mss [manuscript] notes illustrative of the generic Characters of Insects"
$39.95

 

Le Vaillant

Le Vaillant
$39.95

Linnaeus

Linnaeus
$39.95

Madame Merian

Madame Merian
$39.95

Pallas

Pallas
$39.95

Peron

Peron
$39.95

Thomas Pennant

Thomas Pennant
$39.95

Pliny

Pliny
$39.95

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
$39.95

John Ray

John Ray
$39.95

Rondeletius

Rondeletius
$39.95

Salvianus

Salvianus
$39.95

Schomburgk

Schomburgk
$39.95

Sir Robert Sibbald

Sir Robert Sibbald
$39.95

Sir Hans Sloane

Sir Hans Sloane
$39.95

William Smellie

William Smellie
$39.95

Reverend Doctor Walker

Reverend Doctor Walker
$39.95

Werner

Werner
$39.95

Willoughby

Willoughby
$39.95

Wilson

Wilson
$39.95

 

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