Sir William Jardine "The Naturalist's Library" 1838-43 antique prints of Sharks, Rays, and Eels

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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 27

The Blue Shark

$89.95

Plate 24

The Hammer Headed Shark
Common Tope

$89.95

Plate 25

The Smooth Hound Shark
The Porbeagle

$89.95

Plate 23

The Black-mouthed Dog Fish

$89.95

Plate 27 (b)

The Fox Shark
The Picked Dog Fish

$89.95

Plate 28

The Spinous Shark

$89.95

Plate 30

The Old British Torpedo (Ray)

$89.95

Plate 20

The Many Spined Trygon (Ray)

$89.95

Plate 22

Trygon stroglyopterus

$89.95

Plate 26

Galvani's Torpedo (Ray)

$89.95

Plate 31

The Starry Ray
The Sting Ray

$89.95

Plate 21

Trygon garrapa (Ray)

$89.95

Plate 5

Halgan's Spine-tailed Ray
Coast of New Ireland

$89.95

Plate 25

Elipesurus spinicauda

$89.95

Plate 16 ?

The Murana

$89.95

Plate 18

The Sand Eel
The Great Piper Fish

$89.95

Plate 15 (b)

Silvery Hair Tail
Scabbard Fish

$89.95

Plate 15

The Sharp-nosed Eel
The Conger Eel

$89.95

Plate 33

The Lamprey (Eel)
The Pride

$89.95

Plate 34

The Glutinous Hag
The Lancelet

$89.95

Plate 19

Gymnotus fasciatus

$89.95

Plate 18

Gymnotus electricus
(The Electric Eel)

$89.95

Plate 16

Hawkin's Gymnetrus
Red Band Fish

Plate 17

The Beardless Ophidium

$89.95

Plate 32

Skeleton of the Common Perch

.95

Plate 31

Muscles of the Common Perch

$89.95

Plate 10

Dorsal Spine of Silurida

$15

Plate 33

Lates Gracilis, Agass

$89.95

Plate 30

[various fishing spears]

$89.95

Plate 34

Cyclopoma Spinosum, Agass

$89.95

Sorry, that's all of the sharks, rays, and eels that we currently
have from The Naturalist's Library but please check our other offerings on the Natural History page!