Sir William Jardine "The Naturalist's Library" 1838-43 antique prints of insects, beetles, bugs, bees, scarabs, 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 or 5!

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 20 Apoderus longicollis, etc. $89.95	Plate 26 unidentified	Plate 29 Cassida sexpustulata, etc.
Plate 2 Carabus auratus, etc. $89.95	Plate 23 Prionus Cervicornis $89.95	Plate 1 Cicindela aurulenta, etc. $89.95
Plate 19 Horia maculata, etc.	Plate 3 Calosoma Sycophanta, etc. $89.95	Plate 5 Staphylinus erythrurus, etc. $89.95
Plate 12 Scarabaeus Tityus male & female $89.95	Plate 11 Scarabaeus Hercules male	Plate 14 Scarabaeus macropus, etc. $89.95
Plate 12 Phyllium siccifolia native of Asia $89.95	Plate 10 Empusa Gongylodes Empusa lobipes $89.95	Plate 7 Blatta gigantea, etc. $89.95
Plate 4 Dytiscus dimidiatus, etc. $89.95	Plate 30 Phryganea grandis, etc. $89.95	Plate 9 Necrophorus Humator, etc.
Plate 6 Buprestis chrysis, etc. $89.95	Plate 27 Sagra Bugetii, male and female $89.95	Plate 15 Rutela pulchella, etc. $89.95
Plate 7 (b) Elater noctilucus, etc. $89.95	Plate 22 Curculio Latreillu, etc. $89.95	Plate 21 Brentus ancharago, etc. $89.95
Plate 23 Xylocopa Latipes, etc. $89.95	Plate 15 Nest of the Common Humble-Bee (Bumble Bee) B. Terrestries	Plate 35 Asilus abdominalis (New S. Wales) Acanthomera immanis (Brazil) $89.95
Plate 19 Euglossa Surinamensis, etc.	Plate 27 Trigona amalthea, etc. $89.95	Plate 16 Orange-tailed bee, Moss or Carder bee $89.95
Plate 8 1. Clerus Apiarius 2. Tinea Mellonella 3. gallery of the larva 4. Humble bees (Bumble Bees) supporting a piece of comb $89.95	Plate 17 1. Locusta Surinama 2. Truxalis conicus 3. Truxalis brasiliensis $89.95	Plate 14 Anostostoma Australasiae New Holland [Australia] $89.95
Plate 2 [diagrams of insect mouths, parts, etc.] $89.95	Plate 6 Structure of different classes of cells with the Queen or Royal Cell $89.95
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