1838 Jardine BIRDS Ornithology Ireland & Britain Illustrated Falcons Hawks Owls

1838 Jardine BIRDS Ornithology Ireland & Britain Illustrated Falcons Hawks Owls

Sir William Jardine was a 19^th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, ‘The Naturalist’s Library’.

This fine 1838 edition of Jardine’s ‘Ornithology’ is beautifully color illustrated with 36 engravings of birds of prey! The plates from Jardine’s works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases predatory birds of Ireland and Great Britain such as the Peregrine Falcon and the White Owl. These hand-colored plates are tremendously beautiful!

Item number: #4029

Price: $499

JARDINE, Sir William

The natural history of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Birds of prey : illustrated by thirty-six coloured plates with portrait and memoir of Sir Robert Sibbald, bart

Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars. 1838.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [2], xiv, [1], 18-315, [1]p
  • 36 hand colored engraved plates
• Language: English
• Binding: hardcover; tight and secure
• Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11cm)

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