Antique prints with no reserve
Lot 7162:
Jardine & Lizars - 4 prints of Hummingbirds 1833
Jardine
These hand-coloured engravings of Humming Birds are from The Natural History of Humming Birds Part 2 of The Naturalist’s Library by Sir William Jardine, Bart and engraved by WH Lizars, Edinburgh 1833. These engraving are from the first edition.
The humming birds illustrated are Gould’s Hummingbird, Golden-green Hummingbird, Violet Forked-tailed Hummingbird & White-eared Hummingbird.
Jardine made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing and issuing the hugely popular forty volumes of The Naturalist’s Library (1833-1843).The Natural History of Humming Birds was issued in two parts, being Volumes VI & VII of The Naturalist?s Library series. Many of the hummingbirds illustrated in this work were of life size.
Each print measures approximately 4in x 6.5in (10cm x 15.5cm)
The prints are in excellent condition on thick, high quality paper. Please inspect the images carefully
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