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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 170 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.)

Black-headed Tody
Plate 18

Black-headed Tody

$89.95

Linneated Cuckoo
Plate 18

Linneated Cuckoo

$89.95

Yellow-bellied Cape Bunting
Plate 18

Yellow-bellied or
Cape Bunting



Snow Bunting
Plate 18

Snow Bunting


Phasianus Nycthemerus
Plate 18

Phasianus Nycthemerus

$89.95

Great-headed Tody
Plate 19

Great-headed Tody

$89.95

Bullfinch
Plate 19

Bullfinch

Rufus-crowned Tody
Plate 20

Rufus-crowned Tody

$89.95

Senegal Lark-Heel
Plate 20

Senegal Lark-Heel

$89.95

Euplocomus Ignitus
Plate 20

Euplocomus Ignitus
female

$89.95

Crossbill
Plate 20

Crossbill

$89.95

Long-tailed African Tody
Plate 21

Long-tailed African Tody

$89.95

Large Grey-headed Bush Shrike
Plate 22

Large Grey-headed
Bush Shrike


$89.95

Spectacle Tody
Plate 22

Spectacle Tody

$89.95

Grey-headed Flycatcher
Plate 23

Grey-headed Flycatcher

$89.95

Three-banded Sandgrouse
Plate 23

Three-banded Sandgrouse

Puff-backed Bush Shrike
Plate 23

Puff-backed Bush Shrike

$89.95

White-bellied Flycatcher
Plate 24

White-bellied Flycatcher

$89.95

Barbary or Yellow-crowned Bush Shrike
Plate 24

Barbary or Yellow-crowned Bush Shrike

$89.95

Cuckoo
Plate 24

Cuckoo

$89.95

Honey Guide
Plate 25

Honey Guide


Cerulean Flycatcher
Plate 25

Cerulean or Long-tailed Flycatcher


White-collared Flycatcher
Plate 26

White-collared Flycatcher

$89.95

White-plumed Shrike
Plate 26

White-plumed Shrike

$89.95

American Tyrant Flycatcher
Plate 26

American Tyrant Flycatcher

$89.95

Cryptonix Cornonatus
Plate 26

Cryptonix Cornonatus
(The Crowned Cryptonix)


$89.95

Robin Flycatcher
Plate 27

Robin Flycatcher

$89.95

Striped-throated Lapwing
Plate 27

Striped-throated Lapwing

$89.95

Buff-bodied Flycatcher
Plate 28

Buff-bodied Flycatcher

$89.95

Crimson-shouldered Caterpillar Catcher
Plate 28

Crimson-shouldered Caterpillar Catcher

$89.95

Numida Cristata (The crested Guinea Fowl)
Plate 28

Numida Cristata
(The crested
Guinea Fowl)

Native of the Great Namaguas Country


see more Jardine/Lizars
Game Birds here

Black-billed Caper
Plate 29

Black-billed Caper

$89.95

Walking Drongo Shrike
Plate 29

Walking Drongo Shrike

$89.95

Horsefield's Caper
Plate 30

Horsefield's Caper

$89.95

European Bee Eater
Plate 30

European Bee Eater

Climbing Leaflove
Plate 30

Climbing Leaflove

The Tataupa
Plate 30

Trypturu's Tataupa
(The Tataupa)


$89.95

Fork-tailed Caper
Plate 31

Fork-tailed Caper

$89.95

Oriale (Oriele) Babbler
Plate 31

Oriale (Oriole?) Babbler

$89.95

Plate 8 (unidentified)
Plate 8

(unidentified)

$89.95

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


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