Sir William Jardine "The Naturalist's Library" 1838-43 antique bird prints, ornithology prints Water Birds, terns, herons, gulls, sandpipers, 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 2 1. The Hooper 2. The Mute Swan 3. The Polish Swan 4. Bewick's Swan $89.95	Plate 4 Little Egret $89.95	Plate 5 Bittern $89.95	Plate 6 Night Heron $89.95
Plate 6 Cock-tailed Water Chat $89.95	Plate 8 Crested Black Water Chat $89.95	Plate 8 Mocking Water Chat $89.95	Plate 8 White Spoonbill $89.95
Plate 8 The Surf Scoter $89.95	Plate 9 The Common Crane $89.95	Plate 10 The Glossy Ibis $89.95	Plate 12 The Jack Snipe $89.95
Plate 13 Whiskered Fantail	Plate 14 The Black Guillemot $89.95	Plate 14 The Dusky Totanus $89.95	Plate 15 The Brindled Guillemot $89.95
Plate 15 The Spotted and Common Totanus $89.95	Plate 16 The Ruff $89.95	Plate 17 The Razor Bill $89.95	Plate 18 The Little Notche or Auk $89.95
Plate 18 The Black-winged Stilt $89.95	Plate 19 The Grey Phalarope $89.95	Plate 20 The Crested Green Cormorant $89.95	Plate 20 The Turnstone $89.95
Plate 20 The Rufus-crowned Tody	Plate 21 The Solan Goose $89.95	Plate 22 The Black Tern and Lesser Tern $89.95	Plate 22 The Curlew $89.95
Plate 23 The Ringed Dotterel $89.95	Plate 24 The Common Thick-Knee $89.95	Plate 26 The Oystercatcher $89.95	Plate 27 The Collared Pratincole $89.95
Plate 28 The Yellow-billed Waterhen $89.95	Plate 28 Richardson's Skua $89.95	Plate 28 The Water Rail $89.95	Plate 30 The Stormy Petrel $89.95
Plate 29 The Meadow or Corn Crake $89.95	Plate 30 The Spotted Crake $89.95	Plate 31 The Little Crake $89.95
Plate 32 The Common Gallinule $89.95	Plate 33 The Common Coot $89.95	Plate 34 Young of the Rasores & Grallatores 1. Water Hen 2. Partridge 3. Curlew 4. Land Rail $89.95
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