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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.)

Swans
Plate 2

1. The Hooper
2. The Mute Swan
3. The Polish Swan
4. Bewick's Swan


$89.95

Little Egret
Plate 4

Little Egret

$89.95

Bittern
Plate 5

Bittern

$89.95

Night Heron
Plate 6

Night Heron

$89.95

Cock-tailed Water Chat
Plate 6

Cock-tailed Water Chat

$89.95

Crested Black Water Chat
Plate 8

Crested Black
Water Chat


$89.95

Mocking Water Chat
Plate 8

Mocking Water Chat

$89.95

White Spoonbill
Plate 8

White Spoonbill

$89.95

The Surf Scoter
Plate 8

The Surf Scoter

$89.95

Common Crane
Plate 9

The Common Crane

$89.95

Glossy Ibis
Plate 10

The Glossy Ibis

$89.95

Jack Snipe
Plate 12

The Jack Snipe

$89.95

Whiskered Fantail
Plate 13

Whiskered Fantail

Black Guillemot
Plate 14

The Black Guillemot

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Dusky Totanus
Plate 14

The Dusky Totanus

$89.95

Brindled Guillemot
Plate 15

The Brindled Guillemot

$89.95

Spotted and Common Totanus
Plate 15

The Spotted and Common Totanus

$89.95

Ruff
Plate 16

The Ruff

$89.95

Razor Bill
Plate 17

The Razor Bill

$89.95

The Little Notche or Auk
Plate 18

The Little Notche or Auk

$89.95

Black-winged Stilt
Plate 18

The Black-winged Stilt

$89.95

Grey Phalarope
Plate 19

The Grey Phalarope

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Crested Green Cormorant
Plate 20

The Crested Green Cormorant

$89.95

Turnstone
Plate 20

The Turnstone

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Rufus-crowned Tody
Plate 20

The Rufus-crowned Tody

Solan Goose
Plate 21

The Solan Goose

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The Black and Lesser Tern
Plate 22

The Black Tern and
Lesser Tern


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Curlew
Plate 22

The Curlew

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Ringed Dotterel
Plate 23

The Ringed Dotterel

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Common Thick-Knee
Plate 24

The Common Thick-Knee

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Oystercatcher
Plate 26

The Oystercatcher

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Collared Pratincole
Plate 27

The Collared Pratincole

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Yellow-billed Waterhen
Plate 28

The Yellow-billed Waterhen

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Richardson's Skua
Plate 28

Richardson's Skua

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Water Rail
Plate 28

The Water Rail

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Stormy Petrel
Plate 30

The Stormy Petrel

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Meadow or Corn Crake
Plate 29

The Meadow
or Corn Crake


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Spotted Crake
Plate 30

The Spotted Crake

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Little Crake
Plate 31

The Little Crake

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Common Gallinule
Plate 32

The Common Gallinule

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Common Coot
Plate 33

The Common Coot

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Young of the Rasores & Grallatores
Plate 34

Young of the Rasores & Grallatores
1. Water Hen
2. Partridge
3. Curlew
4. Land Rail


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We have many more of "The Naturalist's Library" birds, including Hummingbirds, Parrots,
Pigeons, Birds of Prey
, Water Birds(this page), Game Birds, General/Song Birds


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